Samsung has unveiled a new processor based on ARM's Cortex-A15 design, which comes with capabilities that should convince even the harshest critics that the next generation of tablets--including the iPad 3--will come with ultra-high resolution displays

Samsung says the 2GHz Exynos 5250 dual-core processor was designed specifically for "high-end tablets" and uses a 32-nm manufacturing process to obtain higher performance. Samsung claims that the new chip is capable of pumping out twice the instructions per second as the slightly slower 1.5GHz Cortex A9 ARM chip. The new processor's superior memory bandwidth also plays an important part in pumping out graphics at a resolution of 2560x1600.

According to CNET News, other hardware capabilities of the new chip include an image signal processor for 8-megapixel resolution images of up to 30 frames per second (FPS), a 60 FPS HD hardware engine for 1080p video recording and playback, a HDMI 1.4 interface and USB 3.0 support.

The Exynos 5250 is not just talk either, what with samples being shipped to customers at the moment. Mass production is currently scheduled in Q2 of next year, which should be in time for the arrival of ARM-based version of Windows 8 in the second half of 2012.

For more:
- check out this article at The Inquirer
- check out this article at CNET News

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