LG licenses ARM's Cortex-A50 family

The Korean company has previously used both Cortex processors and Mali gpus in its SoC technology. This new agreement is expected to allow it to offer a wider range of SoCs with higher performance capabilities. "The close interaction between the cpu and gpu becomes increasingly important as solutions transition between the 32 and 64bit world," said Bo-ik Sohn, senior vice president of LG. "Being able to implement Full Profile GPU Compute in conjunction with ARM big.LITTLE processing configurations will be a key driver to the overall performance and capabilities of our devices." Launched in October, the Cortex-A50 family is designed to bridge the performance requirements of 32bit and 64bit applications. "The capabilities of next generation Cortex cpus and Mali gpus in concert will make innovative features, at market leading levels of energy efficiency, a reality," commented Pete Hutton, executive vice president and general manager of ARM's Media Processing division.