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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.
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
Files
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Provider
HQ:
Great Britain
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