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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 Series6 (Rogue) None 2013

Similar platforms

References

  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. ^ http://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. ^ http://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/PR_Yulong_U8500.jsp
  9. ^ http://www.stericsson.com/investors/ST%20Investor%20Day%20-%20ST-Ericsson%20plenary%20session%20presentation.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/PR_Shanda_U8500.jsp
  11. ^ NovaThor U9500 Product Webpage; ST Ericsson.
  12. ^ a b 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. ^ http://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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