Holy Moly! Just when you thought Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa chipset couldn’t get more devastatingly fast, Samsung ups the ante by adding in support for Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP). The Exynos 5 Octa was the world’s first 8-core chipset, but up to now it has not functioned to its full capacity – it would either use the four A15 cores, or the four A7 cores for small tasks.With Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) added, all eight cores are now used. And that should translate into some pretty badass performance uplift.
“Instead of allocating small tasks to the A15 cores during intensive tasks like video games, it will allocate the A15 cores to the processor intensive threads and the A7 cores for the small processes. Not only does it allow for more power for any processor intensive task, it also prevents lag when many tasks are running,” reports Android and Me.
The only downside to the inclusion of HMP, potentially, is the affect it could have on battery life – employing more power always requires more energy, and this in turn runs a device's battery down faster. Samsung has not yet confirmed whether HMP will be coming to current Exynos 5 Octa chipsets, but did re-affirm that the HMP-enabled Exynos 5 Octa would be appearing on market inside of Q4 – perhaps inside the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
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