Vendor: Arm Ltd. Category: CPU

Arm Cortex-A73

The Arm® Cortex®-A73 is the most-efficient high-performance processor that implements the Armv8-A architecture.

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Overview

The Arm® Cortex®-A73 is the most-efficient high-performance processor that implements the Armv8-A architecture. The Cortex-A73 processor can be paired with the Cortex-A53 or Cortex-A35 processor in a big.LITTLE configuration for mobile applications. The Cortex-A73 processor cluster has one to four cores, each with their L1 instruction and data caches, together with a single shared L2 unified cache.

Key features

  • Efficient Out-of-Order Pipeline - Microarchitecture performance and power improvements to maximize efficiency of the 2-wide out-of-order pipeline. Achieve highest peak and sustained performance at frequencies up to 2.8GHz in advanced process technology for Premium smartphones.
  • State-of-the-art Branch Prediction and Power-Optimized Instruction Fetching - Advanced sophisticated prediction algorithm with power-optimized 64kB instruction cache.
  • High-performance Memory System - Full out-of-order dual-issue load/store capability combined with up to 64kB data cache. Enhanced data prefetching with automatic complex pattern detection.
  • Optimized mobile and consumer feature set - Combined with Cortex-A53 or Cortex-35 in big.LITTLE configuration using Arm CCI interconnect for high scalability.

Block Diagram

Arm Cortex-A73 block diagram

Benefits

  • Highest performance in mobile power envelope. Up to 30% higher performance than previous generation.
  • Up to 2.8GHz frequency for highest peak performance.
  • New levels of sustained usage for the best user experience. Up to 30% increase in power efficiency.
  • Smallest premium Armv8-A processor ever. Premium CPU under 0.65mm² per core.
  • This processor can also be implemented in an Arm big.LITTLE™ configuration, for example with the Cortex-A53 or Cortex-A35 processor.

Applications

  • Premiere to mid-range smartphones
  • Digital TV
  • Over-the-top and set-top box devices
  • Large screen mobile devices
  • Home networking
  • Automotive infotainment

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Arm Cortex-A73
Vendor
Arm Ltd.
Type
Silicon IP

Compute

CPU Architecture
ARM

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Provider

Arm Ltd.
HQ: Great Britain
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