Samsung Shows Exynos 5 Octa CPU and Flexible Display for Handsets and Tablets

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics appears ready to make the next step in the evolution of smartphones, and came to the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with new technology in its pocket, set to show that this is indeed possible.

During the company’s keynote at the event, Samsung’s Dr. Stephen Woo took to the stage to announce the Exynos 5 Octa processor for mobile devices, which packs no less than 8 cores. This next-generation processor for mobiles sports four Cortex-A7 cores and four Cortex-A15 cores, while being based on ARM’s big.LITTLE technology, thus using the Cortex-A15 for high-performance needs, and the Cortex-A7 for lighter tasks.

According to Samsung, the SoC can deliver twice the performance of quad-core Exynos CPUs, while using 70 percent less power. More on the new chip can be found in the video above, starting with the 12:34 mark.

Samsung introduced its Exynos 5 Octa, Green Memory Solution, Flexible OLED and Green LCD at CES 2013. This is the keynote speech of CES 2013 with the theme of 'Mobilizing Possibility' presented by Dr Stephen Woo, President of Device Solutions Business for Samsung Electronics. He talks on how Samsung's innovative components technology has been bringing future into present at CES 2013.

우남성 삼성전자 시스템LSI사업부 사장이 1월 9일(현지시각) 美 라스베가스에서 열린 CES 2013 기조연설에서 「가능성의 실현(Mobilizing Possibility)」이라는 비전을 공개하고 새로운 모바일기기의 출현을 이끄는 원동력으로서 반도체 부품과 솔루션의 역할이 더욱 중요해질 것이라고 설명했다. 이 날 우남식 사장은 이러한 혁신이 시작될 수 있는 구체적인 분야로 △ 데이터 프로세싱 △ 저전력 메모리 △ 디스플레이 기술을 제시하며 'Exynos 5 Octa' 등 각 분야의 신제품을 소개했다.
Video credits to SamsungTomorrow

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