ARM unveils Cortex-A77 and Mali-G77: improved CPU and brand new GPU

ARM has unveiled the new Cortex-A77 CPU and the new Mali-G77 GPU. The GPU is a bigger deal as it leaves the Bifrost architecture behind and moves to Valhall. The CPU is an upgraded version of the A76 core designed for mature 7nm processes. Mali-G77 GPU Bifrost was announced back in 2016 with the G71 core. Valhall is a major redesign, which promises 30% better energy efficiency, 30% better performance density. Also a 60% improvement to machine learning tasks. What this means that late 2019 and 2020 chipsets that use the G77 core can expect an impressive 40% increase in performance,...