Fast Processing Designed for Multiple Application Areas

The Arm Cortex-A family is designed for devices undertaking complex compute tasks, such as hosting a rich operating system platform and supporting multiple software applications. The Cortex-A72 rapid processing is particularly suited to many next-generation applications, including mobile and embedded computing.

Features and Benefits

High Compute Density

Gain significant advantages in reduced memory requirements and maximizing the use of on-chip Flash memory with advanced code density.
Advanced Branch Predictor

Drastically improve prediction accuracy with a sophisticated new algorithm, which reduces wasted energy consumption from executing down an incorrect code path.
Infrastructure Compatibility

Develop more advanced networking and storage applications by harnessing the full error-correcting code cache and 44-bit addressing up to 16TB.
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Specifications

The Cortex-A72 processor can be paired with the Cortex-A53 processor in a big.LITTLE configuration for a wide array of applications including mobile, embedded and automotive. The Cortex-A72 processor cluster has one to four cores, each with their L1 instruction and data caches, together with a single shared L2 unified cache.

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Key Documentation

Cortex-A72 Technical Reference Manual
Cortex-A72 Software Optimization Guide
Compare the specifications of Cortex-A processors across Armv7-A, Armv8-A and Armv9-A architectures.
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Use Cases

Where Innovation and Ideas Come to Life

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

On the path to fully autonomous vehicles, designers are bringing a host of safety and other enhancements to vehicles that, for now, rely on a human driver. Cortex-A72 delivers the increased power requirements of vehicle systems.

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Storage

As the demand for storage speed and density increases, storage drives need to deliver faster IO operations, reduce latency, and improve error connection. Cortex-A72 delivers the compute power new storage options demand.


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Computer Vision at the Endpoint

To enable computer vision for a wide range of IoT applications, Arm have developed a full set of IP that enables advanced on-device processing for high-resolution videostream. Learn more about computer vision using the Cortex-A72 processor in this video.

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