Arm is developing a new generation of Cortex-X CPU cores

What can be confirmed is that,Arm is developing a new generation of Cortex-XCPU core (ultra-large core), code-named "Blackhawk" and expected to be named Cortex-X5.This new core is one of the priorities of ArmCEO Rene Haas, and the goal is toTry to narrow the gap with Apple's self-developed CPU core as much as possible, or even surpass it.

Apple’s self-developed core is actually an Arm instruction set, but with its superior design capabilities and ecosystem, its performance is better than the Arm public version.

According to Arm’s prediction,Cortex-X5 will bring huge performance improvements and achieve the largest IPC improvement in five years.

Interestingly, the existing ultra-large core Cortex-X4 was also known as the "fastest Arm CPU ever" when it was released, with a performance improvement of 15% and a power consumption reduction of 40% compared to the previous generation.

Cortex-X5 is expected to be commercially available by the end of 2024 or early 2025, will compete with Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen4.

Among them, Snapdragon 8Gen4 will be Qualcomm’s self-developed CPU core based on the Arm instruction set.