[Arm-netbook] Samsung's 2GHz Exynos 5250 is first SoC with super fast dual-core Cortex-A15 processor

[Vladimir Pantelic]

lkcl luke wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Vladimir Pantelic<vladoman at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>  lkcl luke wrote:
>>>  http://www.anandtech.com/show/5169/samsung-exynos-5250-announced-cortexa15-2ghz-dualcore
>>>
>>>  ouch, ouch.  look at the pads on that picture.  i counted the number
>>>  of pins on the BGA: 32 on a side.  that's 1024 pins.  the yields on
>>>  that will be um... not very good.  TI's 1024-pin monsters - some of
>>>  the top-of-the-range DM37xx series - are almost $100.  whilst TI is
>>
>>  the DM37xx have neither 1000 pins, nor do they cost $100, otherwise one
>>  could not make a $149 Beagleboard using them.....
>
>   ahh must be the wrong one i'm thinking of .... 1sec....

DM8168, 1000 pins, but 0.65mm, 85$ for a single unit.....