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<p align="center"></p><p><p>Today Samsung announced a new mid-range SoC called the Exynos 7870. The new SKU sports 8x Cortex A53s running&nbsp;at up to 1.6GHz. The GPU should be an ARM Mali T830 although we have no information on core-count or frequencies used. The part extends Samsung's ModAP lineup of SoCs with integrated modems as we see an integrated UE Category 6 modem integrated, delivering up to 300Mbps with FDD-TDD joint carrier aggregation.</p>

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<td colspan=" 5">Upcoming 14nm Mid-Range SoCs</td>
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<td>SoC</td>
<td>Exynos 7580</td>
<td>Exynos 7870</td>
<td>Snapdragon 625

(MSM8953)</td>
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<td class="tlgrey" style="text-align: center;">CPU</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">8x A53 @ 1.6GHz</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">8x A53 @ 1.6GHz</span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">4x A53 @ 2.0GHz



4x A53 @ ? GHz</td>
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<td class="tlgrey" style="text-align: center;">GPU</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mali T720MP3

@ 600MHz</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mali T830MP?</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Adreno 506</td>
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<td class="tlgrey" style="text-align: center;">Encode/

Decode</td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">1080p60

H.264&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">2160p

H.264 & HEVC (Decode)</td>
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<td class="tlgrey" style="text-align: center;">Camera/ISP</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Dual ISP

16MP<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">&nbsp;/ (8+8)</span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Dual ISP

16MP / (8+8)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Dual ISP

24MP</td>
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<td class="tlgrey" style="text-align: center;">Integrated

Modem</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">Cat. 6</span><br style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center;" />
<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">300Mbps DL ?Mbps UL</span><br style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center;" />
<br style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center;" />
<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">2x20MHz C.A.</span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cat. 6

300Mbps DL ?Mbps UL



2x20MHz C.A.</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">"X9 LTE"&nbsp;Cat. 7

300Mbps DL 150Mbps UL



2x20MHz C.A.&nbsp;

(DL & UL)</td>
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<td class="tlgrey" style="text-align: center;">Mfc. Process</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">28nm HKMG</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">14nm</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">14nm LPP</td>
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<p>More interestingly, is that the new SoC is manufactured on a 14nm FinFET process which promises to reduce power consumption by over 30% over similar SoCs such as the Exynos 7580. Only a few days ago we were discussing our surprise with the introduction of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 625 which is also manufactured in a 14nm LPP process, a great sign for the manufacturing&nbsp;process given that these mid-range parts are very&nbsp;price-sensitive. Samsung discloses that the Exynos 7870 will be in mass production in the first quarter of 2016 so we're essentially very close to device availability in the following months.</p>
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