Krait (processor)

{{short description|ARM-based CPU}}

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| name = Krait

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| produced-start = 2012

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| slowest = 1

| fastest = 2.7

| slow-unit = GHz

| fast-unit = GHz

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| designfirm = Qualcomm

| manuf1 = Qualcomm

| core1 =

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| arch = ARMv7-A, Thumb-2

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| numcores = 2 or 4

| l1cache = 16{{nbsp}}KiB and 16{{nbsp}}KiB

| l2cache = 1{{nbsp}}MiB or 2{{nbsp}}MiB

| l3cache =

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| predecessor = Scorpion

| successor = Kryo

}}

Qualcomm Krait is an ARM-based central processing unit included in the Snapdragon S4 and earlier models of Snapdragon 400/600/800 series SoCs. It was introduced in 2012 as a successor to the Scorpion CPU and although it has architectural similarities, Krait is not a Cortex-A15 core, but it was designed in-house.{{cite web | url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/4940/qualcomm-new-snapdragon-s4-msm8960-krait-architecture | title=Qualcomm's New Snapdragon S4: MSM8960 & Krait Architecture Explored | publisher=Anandtech | date=October 7, 2011 | author1=Brian Klug | author2=Anand Lal Shimpi | access-date=2013-07-28}} In 2015, Krait was superseded by the 64-bit Kryo architecture, first introduced in Snapdragon 820 SoC.