ARM Cortex-A78 CPU, Mali-G78 GPU Announced; Brings Up to 25% Performance Gains By techtonic group ARM, the Softbank-owned semiconductor and software design company, has taken the wraps off its latest CPU and GPU stack. It has unveiled the Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU, which will most likely power your flagship phones next year. ARM boasts of massive performance gains across the board. Cortex A-78 CPU As ARM states in its official press release, Cortex-A78 is "unquestionably our most efficient Cortex-A CPU ever designed for mobile." It brings along 20% performance gains over Cortex-A77 CPU that's baked into the Kryo 585 CPU in Snapdragon 865 . The company continues to add that Cortex-A78 will enable enhanced ML (machine learning) and 5G experiences. It still manages to stay within a 1-watt power budget, which is amazing. The architecture of the Cortex-A78 CPU remains the same as the previous-gen CPU, but ARM promises 50 percent ...