ARM introduced the first Mali-G57 graphics accelerator , based on the new Valhall architecture, as well as the Mali-D37 display processor; The Ethos lineup has replenished with two neural processors N57 and N37 - all four new products are mid-range products.
The Mali-G57 chip is 1.3 times faster than its predecessor, the Mali-G52, which uses the old Bifrost architecture. The new product will increase energy efficiency by 30%, which will increase battery life, improved rendering support for VR, and by 60%, improved conditions for machine learning applications. The processor can be given wide capabilities by the function of switching on six cores. The new architecture that runs the Mali-G77 - Valhall - was announced for the flagship Mali-G77 chip, which is expected to be released in 2020.
The new Mali-D37 display processor is based on the Komeda architecture, which will be used in the next version, the Mali-D77, and is already used in the Mali-D71. The chip size will be less than 1mm² of crystal area at 16 nm. The processor will focus on Full HD and 2K screen resolution.
The neuroprocessors Ethos-N57 and Ethos-N37 are the heirs of the Ethos-N77 released this year. Now SRAM memory of the latter will be equipped with a volume of 1 to 4 MB, since its operation revealed a lack of memory for the proper operation of machine learning algorithms. Ethos-N77 has a performance of 4 TOPS with a frequency of 1 GHz, the efficiency is 5 TOPS / W. Ethos-N57 will be used for smart home control centers and mid-range smartphones, providing a balance of ML performance and energy efficiency with a performance range of 2 TOP / s ML. Ethos-N37 is designed for digital TV, budget smartphones and IP cameras, providing a minimum ML output processor size (less than 1mm²) with a performance range of 1 TOP / s ML.
The British company ARM is a manufacturer, developer and licensor of the architecture of 32-bit and 64-bit RISC processors, which are used in the products of Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, Sony and others. ARM cooperates with more than 1000 technology partners.
Ethos family of neural accelerators are used for machine learning and have a common designation - Project Trillium.
The Mali graphics core was developed by the Norwegian division of ARM - ARM Norway. The first model of the core was Mali-55, released in 2005, the last - Mali-G76 - went on sale in the second quarter of 2018.