Well, it’s time to ‘fess up. TSMC’s 16nm FF+ FinFET process technology is turning out to be even better than expected, causing Xilinx to change the clock-rate specs for the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC’s APU (Application Processor Unit) and the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)—in the good direction. Effective immediately, the quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 APU clock rates have jumped 15% to 20% with the fastest clock speed now rated as 1.5GHz for a -3 speed grade and the ARM Mali GPU clock rate has jumped 50% with the fastest clock speed now rated as 667MHz for a -3 speed grade. These improved specs are already reflected in the latest Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC product guide now online.
