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LG to use a homemade octo-core chip named Odin for its H2 flagship Optimus G2

LG to use a homemade octo-core chip named Odin for its H2 flagship Optimus G2

Posted: 24 Feb 2013, 06:09, by Daniel P.

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LG to use a homemade octo-core chip named Odin for its H2 flagship Optimus G2

Last year we heard for the first time that LG will try and mimic the big boys by developing a mobile processor in-house for its own smartphones, and a Korean publication reconfirmed it over the weekend, citing one unnamed LG official.

LG is allegedly going to use its first homebrew processor, codenamed Odin, in the upcoming Optimus G2 flagship, which is poised to be its battle horse for the holiday season.

Odin resembles very much Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa design, as it will reportedly use eight cores - four 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 and four frugal 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 - designed in an ARM big.LITTLE architecture to provide superior performance/power consumption ratio.

LG Electronics is going to mass-produce the Odin processors by using finer 28-nanometer level processing, applying high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology. The processors will be used in LG’s next flagship Optimus smartphone ― the Optimus GII ― which will probably be unveiled in this fall’s IFA trade fair. Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. LG Electronics hopes to make big impact on the global mobile application market...

LG has collaborated with TSMC for the 28nm foundry process, we were tipped. Creating your own SoC from scratch is a bold undertaking, but we've no doubts that LG's engineering capacity is able to pull it off, and can't wait to benchmark an eventual Optimus G2 with the Odin chipset.

source: KT

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1. darac posted on 24 Feb 2013, 07:36 0 4

I think by now It's obvious that the standard ARM A15 core has some power consumption / thermal properties that don't go well with smartphone implementation.
That's why Apple went to develop a custom Swift ARM reference, and other manufacturers are following

5. jove39 posted on 24 Feb 2013, 08:34 6 1

Heard of krait core? Everyone is following Qualcomm here!

I think this is right time for Intel to make a move with their best x86 atom core!

6. darac posted on 24 Feb 2013, 09:09 0 2

They were designing custom ARM based solution from the beggining of Snapdragon chips.
The Scorpion core instead of A9, and now Krait.
That's the difference

2. mydi.maus posted on 24 Feb 2013, 07:55 1 4

Optimus G2 IS GONNA MAKE GSIV CRY ;( and saying i should've use my ultimate weapon (octa),,

3. SleepingOz posted on 24 Feb 2013, 08:20 4 2

The GSIV isn't out yet. There's a chance that the rumours about it are, well, just rumours.

4. lumia920 posted on 24 Feb 2013, 08:25 4 1

nice....

it means we are going forward.

8. SamsungFan posted on 24 Feb 2013, 10:16 0 5

To where ? Nokia is going nowhere nokia will announce a dual core phone when lg and samsung announces octa core ones.

9. Commentator posted on 24 Feb 2013, 10:51 3 1

All he's saying is that the industry is making progress. He didn't make any mention of Nokia, so I'm not sure why you're antagonizing him.

12. haroonazeem638 posted on 24 Feb 2013, 16:31 0 1

He has a picture of Nokia Lumias as his avatar and he is using lumia920 as his name. But @SamsungFan, you really have to be that dumb to think he was talking about Nokia?

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7. Guest_star posted on 24 Feb 2013, 09:22 2 0

well...I just hope that it will be powerfull enought to beat Qualcomms snapdragon 800, because if it is not then there is no sense in making it because LG and qualcomm have great relationship and I dont see any reason to spoil that...

10. OpTiMuS_BlAcK posted on 24 Feb 2013, 11:07 0 1

It could *probably* be more efficient with two A7s and four A15s.
Let's just see.

11. abd.champ posted on 24 Feb 2013, 13:46 0 0

the race of octa core is begin :P

13. rusticguy posted on 24 Feb 2013, 19:35 0 0

So now everyone would be following Samsung for a few years ....

14. loken posted on 25 Feb 2013, 02:58 0 0

name copy much

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1. darac posted on 24 Feb 2013, 07:36 0 4

5. jove39 posted on 24 Feb 2013, 08:34 6 1

6. darac posted on 24 Feb 2013, 09:09 0 2

2. mydi.maus posted on 24 Feb 2013, 07:55 1 4

3. SleepingOz posted on 24 Feb 2013, 08:20 4 2

4. lumia920 posted on 24 Feb 2013, 08:25 4 1

8. SamsungFan posted on 24 Feb 2013, 10:16 0 5

9. Commentator posted on 24 Feb 2013, 10:51 3 1

12. haroonazeem638 posted on 24 Feb 2013, 16:31 0 1

7. Guest_star posted on 24 Feb 2013, 09:22 2 0

10. OpTiMuS_BlAcK posted on 24 Feb 2013, 11:07 0 1

11. abd.champ posted on 24 Feb 2013, 13:46 0 0

13. rusticguy posted on 24 Feb 2013, 19:35 0 0

14. loken posted on 25 Feb 2013, 02:58 0 0

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