[Info] Exynos Octa and why you need to stop the drama about the 8 cores [Upd 25/05]

Excellent article, explains much.
Thanks a lot

Source code some developers are talking about is needed only for AOSP/AOKP/CM (and even these versions not really need it as we see in cases with SGSII and SGSIII).

If you don't use any of these OS then this problem won't touch you at all.

The problem arises for people who wanna be able to keep their phones up to date with the latest android versions after sammy stops supporting it for updates. At that time, its only AOSP which helps and forms a base for further rom development.

I am still using the i9000 from about Aug 2010 and despite the last update being 2.3.6, I'm currently running 4.2.2. It makes a big difference to have the requisite binaries.

I'm currently more inclined to go for the SD600 though I will be a bit sad to miss out on the exynos.

do you really need 8 cores to call and text people?

do you really need a flagship last generation SMARTphone to call and text people?

That has been covered many times in this thread.

If you need dual/quad cores for calling and texting, 8 cores are just as fine. Calls and texts will go faster

smartphone is not needed for calling and texting. if its all you do go grab nokia 3210 or 920

...for the games the GPU is more important right?

The use of the four a15 cores is to be a powerful smart phone and to be able to return to phone like performance when on the 4 lower performance cores. What's the use of a phone with all that power well nothing at all... what is the use of a powerful smartphone well that is a more obvious answer. These phones are portable computers at this point as there are chrome books running with less under the hood. Get the MHL cable and Bluetooth mouse keyboard you have one fast portable workstation. These smart phones are now capable of even having a full computer os on the phone like Linux Ubuntu and Firefox OS. With more and more power it makes unique niche markets like remote desktop functions easy and efficient on smart phones like this. I have a Qualcomm based GS3 and one thing I know is MHz is not what it is all about and the basic setups are very hot even at stock clocks. 1.9ghz krait is not all its cracked up to be, its cheap and easy to develop on and that is the true draw to it. Exynos is a world of trouble to develop for but it will happen as this smartphone is a world apart from its non international versions. Why not have all that power in a smart phone. What use do we have for it, plenty of technical uses but as for Exynos needed or helping messaging or phone functions a 4 year old phone CPU would still suffice for simple stuff as that. The big picture is that there is nearly double last generations power in the same size package or smaller if your talking fabrication size.

ok cool now GS4 GPU already outdated GPU and still no one have the device ( crapple A7 seems will use SGX554MP4 )
while Octa using SGX544MP3

http://www.droidgator.com/leaked-pho...ore-processor/


( for now the Octa GPU seems have a lot of frame drops ) even the games seems work better on Mali400MP4 ( i hope its driver issue)