Tech specs
Marvell isn't referring to any specific pieces of ARM IP, such as the Cortex processor designs, so it could be that the only ARM license it holds is for the instruction set - as is the case with Snapdragon.
Here are the technical specifications as detailed by Marvell:
ARMADA 100
The ARMADA 100 series delivers strong performance at mass market price points for cost sensitive consumer and embedded markets such as digital picture frames, e-readers, multifunction printer user interface (UI) displays, portable navigation devices (PNDs), interactive VoIP phones, IP surveillance cameras, and home control gadgets. Key features include up to 1.2 GHz operation, 24-bit WUXGA LCD support, built in display controller, 2D graphics hardware acceleration and consumer/embedded oriented I/Os (PCIe, Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO, 5-in-1 card reader, DDR2/LPDDR1, and more).
ARMADA 500
The ARMADA 500 series is designed for high performance consumer devices such as smartbooks. Alongside the ARMADA 600 processor family, the ARMADA 500 series is one of the industry's first running ARM v7 instruction set. Key features include ARM v7 CPU core running up to 1.2 GHz, vector floating point (VFP) v3 and 512KB L2 cache, 1080p video decode, 15 MT/s 3D graphics, WUXGA LCD resolution support, security acceleration and consumer/embedded oriented I/Os (PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, SDIO, DDR3, and SATA).
ARMADA 600
The ARMADA 600 series brings high performance to compact form factors, such as smartphones and embedded mobile devices. Alongside the ARMADA 500 processor family, it is one of the industry's first running ARM v7 instruction set. Key features include a CPU core running up to 1 GHz, ultra low power, VFP v3 and 256KB L2 cache.
ARMADA 1000
The ARMADA 1000 series allows manufacturers to enable a new generation of compelling connected home entertainment products, including Blu-ray players, Digital Media Adapters (DMAs), connected digital TVs, and certain types of streaming HD Set-Top-Boxes (STBs). Key features include dual CPU cores running up to 1.2 GHz, low power design, dual full-HD decode , high performance audio DSP, 2x32 DDR2 controllers (up to 800 Mbit/s), high performance graphics acceleration, a robust security subsystem including a secure execution processor and a set of peripherals (USB 2.0, SDIO, Ethernet, PCIe, SATA, HDMI, and more).
Technical Specifications
The ARMADA SoCs also leverage several of Marvell's key technologies:
- Scalable CPU core frequency and voltage for power-efficient operation
- Tightly coupled DRAM controllers for low latency CPU access while supporting balanced I/O throughput
- Hardware video acceleration to offer up to 1080p encode and decode
- 3D graphics acceleration at up to 45 million triangles per second (MT/s)
- Suite of award-winning Qdeo video technology
- Wide flexibility in I/Os spanning mobile devices (MIPI DSI/CSI/HSI/SlimBus, mobile DDR), consumer/embedded devices (PCIe, Ethernet, SATA, 5-in-1 card reader, desktop DDR) and generic (SDIO, eMMC, USB 2.0, parallel, and more)
