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NovaThor is a platform consisting of integrated System on Chips (SoC) and modems for smartphones and tablets developed by ST-Ericsson, a 50/50 joint venture of Ericsson and STMicroelectronics established on February 3, 2009. ST-Ericsson also sells the SoCs (Nova) and the modems (Thor) separately.^[1]

Until today, the only devices which are powered by NovaThor use Android.

On November 2, 2011, Nokia announced that NovaThor SoCs will power Nokia's future Windows Phone based smartphones, making a deviation from the standard use of Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs in Windows Phones.^[2]

On February 28, 2012, ST-Ericsson announced that they will switch to fully depleted silicon on insulator (FD-SOI) transistors for upcoming products to reduce power consumption. As an example they stated that the L8540 SoC with FD-SOI transistors would consume 35% less power.^[3]

List of Nova and NovaThor SoCs

Model Number	Semiconductor technology	CPU Instruction Set	CPU	GPU	Memory Technology	Wireless Radio Technologies	Availability	Utilizing Devices
NovaThor U8500 ^[4]	45 nm	ARMv7	1 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	ARM Mali 400 (single-core)	LP-DDR2	HSPA	2011	Sony Xperia P,^[5] Sony Xperia U, Sony Xperia Sola, Sony Xperia go, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Samsung Galaxy Beam, Samsung Galaxy S Advance,^[6] Ontim WP8500,^[7] Yulong Coolpad CP7728^[8],Motorola XT760 ^[9] Shanda Bambook^[10]
NovaThor U9500 ^[11]	45 nm	ARMv7	1 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	ARM Mali 400 (single-core)	LP-DDR2	GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA+ (HSDPA 21 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s)	2011
Nova A9500^[12]	45 nm	ARMv7	1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	ARM Mali 400 (single-core)	LP-DDR2	None	2011	HTC Sensation Z710T (China)^[13]
Nova A9540^[14]	32 nm^[15]	ARMv7	1.85 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	PowerVR SGX 544	Dual-channel LP-DDR2	None	2012
NovaThor L9540^[16]	32 nm	ARMv7	1.85 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	PowerVR SGX 544	Dual-channel LP-DDR2	LTE FDD/TDD, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, EDGE (external Thor M7400 modem)	2013
NovaThor L8540^[17]	28 nm	ARMv7	1.85 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	PowerVR SGX 544 @ 500 MHz^[18]	Dual-channel LP-DDR2	LTE FDD/TDD, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, EDGE (integrated modem)	2013
Nova A9600^[12]	28 nm	ARMv7	2.5 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A15	PowerVR G6200		None	2013

Similar platforms

References

External links

Page on ST-Ericsson website about NovaThor.

[1] NOVA TM - Highest performance application processors

[2] ST-Ericsson's NovaThor to power Nokia's Windows Phone devices, loosens Qualcomm's grip - Engadget

[3] ttp://www.stericsson.com/investors/ST%20Investor%20Day%20-%20ST-Ericsson%20plenary%20session%20presentation.pdf

[4] NovaThor U8500 Product Webpage; ST Ericsson.

[5] Specifications - Sony Smartphones (Global UK English)

[6] ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 powers new Samsung GALAXY S Advance

[7] ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 powers new tablet from Ontim

[8] ttp://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/PR_Yulong_U8500.jsp

[9] ttp://www.stericsson.com/investors/ST%20Investor%20Day%20-%20ST-Ericsson%20plenary%20session%20presentation.pdf

[10] ttp://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/PR_Shanda_U8500.jsp

[11] NovaThor U9500 Product Webpage; ST Ericsson.

[novathor-12] Changing the game: ST-Ericsson Unveils NovaThor™ Family of Smartphone Platforms Combining its Most Advanced Application Processors with the Latest Generation of Modems

[13] Powerful New ST-Ericsson Platform makes Debut in HTC Sensation

[14] Nova™ A9540

[15] ttp://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/NovaThor.jsp

[16] NOVATHOR™ L9540

[17] NOVATHOR™ L8540

[18] ST-Ericsson announces new highly integrated LTE NovaThor platform

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