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Integrated silicon solutions provider Marvell reportedly announced that it has introduced a 'quadruple' core processor, which is tailored for applications that utilize the ARM (News - Alert) instruction set.

 

The advanced RISC machine, popularly known as ARM architecture, is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer architecture that is suitable for low power applications, such as mobile and embedded electronics.

 

In a press release, officials with Marvell (News - Alert) said that the latest offering is a milestone breakthrough for the ARM ecosystem with many positive implications for consumers. The new quadruple core processor is capable of delivering gigahertz-plus processing per core and is designed for customer-specific products such as mass consumer market and high volume gaming applications.

 

The company’s latest quad-core solution is based on the same CPU architecture as the company’s ARMADA 500 and 600 processor series. The ARMADA 500 is designed for high performance consumer devices such as netbooks and smartbooks. The ARMADA 600 delivers high performance to the most compact form factors, like smartphones and embedded mobile devices.

 

Marvell's both the series, ARMADA 500 and ARMADA 600, can be combined to obtain ARM v7 instruction set.  

 

In the release, Weili Dai, co-founder and VP and GM of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.'s consumer and computing business unit, said that the introduction of quadcore technology for the ARM ecosystem symbolizes a crucial moment in CPU development for the consumer electronics industry.

 

 “By making quad-core capabilities available to our customers we will enable the newest generation of cutting edge devices that consumers will always demand -- more horsepower, higher performance, better battery life, and more attractive price points than ever before for mass consumer market adoption,' Dai added.

 

'With the introduction of the ARMADA line of processors, we see the wide variety of devices that Marvell's application processors can power,' Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, said. 'Before ARMADA, the ARM ecosystem was limited by performance barriers. Now, with this announcement of its quad-core technology, Marvell is showing the world the ARM ecosystem's true potential while cementing its position among the leaders in advanced CPU development for mass market consumer applications.'

 

Marvell offers switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions, which power the entire communications infrastructure such as enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking.

 

Officials with Marvell said that the latest announcement of quad-core technology implementation for the ARM ecosystem is a demonstration of company’s ability to deliver high performance, flexible technology that meets the silicon requirements of many tier-one customers, regardless of the end application.