Samsung has launched its latest top-of-the-range smart device processor – Exynos 5 Octa – which it says has 20% more power than its predecessor.

The South Korean electronics giants claimed that the four 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 cores and as many 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A15 processors in the chip allow it to boast 20% more CPU processing power than in the earlier Exynos 5410, used to power some versions of its Galaxy S4 handset.

The firm said that the mobile chip is capable of almost doubling the graphical prowess of the devices. The chip uses a new image-compression solution to reduce the power consumption.

The extremely powerful chip offers “desktop-quality” video editing and supporst 1080p high-definition video playback at 60 frames per second, it said.

Exynos 5 is the first production-ready chip to feature ARM Holding’s latest GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) architecture. The potential of GPUs has not remained limited to video games graphics and they are widely being used to handle the general computing tasks today.

Though GPUs are relevantly slower at performing single calculations than CPUs, their advantage is that they can carry numerous calculations at the same time. Specifically they are capable of handling the highly “parallelizable” tasks such as running augmented reality apps and applying filters to photographs effectively.

Using GPU isn’t very popular among the smart device manufacturers and the vast majority of smart devices use ARM-designed CPUs. The Cambridge-based ARM accounted for about 20% of the overall Android phone sales last year.

The newly-developed chip will replace Exynos Samsung’s current octa-core processor as the firm’s flagship chip. Octa-core processor was used in Samsung’s flagship device Galaxy S4 but despite of its remarkable success, Exynos chips failed to attract the attention of most of tech firms, who continue to favor Qualcomm Snapdragon and Nvidia Tegra chipsets.

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Samsung has officially released its mid-range Android Smartphone – Galaxy Core – in India. The flagship device will be available for sale at a best buy price of Rs. 15,690 (€ 200) from July 1.

Packed with strong hardware features like 4.3-inch screen with a 480×800 resolution, 1GB of RAM, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front facing camera, the new flagship device runs on Google’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. The 8GB of internal storage of the phone can be expanded through a microSD card. The phone supports up to 480p video playback.

The connectivity options of the device include Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, and Global Positioning System (GPS).  The phone comes with an 1800mAh battery and the FM Radio functionality. Thanks to the smart dual-SIM functionality of the device, the users can receive calls on one SIM card even when they are operating the second SIM.

The device also features the high-end Smart Stay function that uses the advanced facial recognition to identify when a user is looking away from the phone and when the user is, it dims the screen and powers down the other active components to save the battery life. The Smart Alert feature notifies the user about the messages and missed calls instantly when the phone is picked up.

Galaxy Core is currently available in white and black color will soon offer additional colors.

As a special introductory offer, the company is offering a Digital Wallet of Rs. 5000 valid for 90 days applicable on Games, with the device. The user can subscribe the service by sending SMS ‘MyOffer’ to 56886, getting a link for my Services and launching the application.

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