ARM Cortex-X3

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ARM Cortex-X3
General information
Launched2022
Designed by Arm
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate to 3.3 GHz in phones and 3.6 GHz in laptops 
Address width40-bit
Cache
L1 cache 128 KiB (64 KiB I-cache with parity, 64 KiB D-cache) per core
L2 cache512–1024 KiB per core
L3 cache512 KiB – 16 MiB(optional)
Architecture and classification
Instruction set ARMv9.0-A
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 1–8 per cluster
Products, models, variants
Product code name(s)
  • Makalu ELP
Variant(s)
History
Predecessor(s) ARM Cortex-X2
Successor(s) ARM Cortex-X4

The ARM Cortex-X3 is the third generation X-series high-performance CPU core from Arm. [1] [2] [3] It forms part of Arm's Total Compute Solutions 2022 (TCS22) along with Arm's Cortex-A715, Cortex-A510, Immortalis-G715 and CoreLink CI-700/NI-700. [4]

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Architecture changes in comparison with ARM Cortex-X2

The processor implements the following changes: [1] [5] [6]

Performance claims:

Usage

See also

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