NovaThor is a platform consisting of System on Chips (SoC) for smartphones and tablets produced by ST-Ericsson

ST-Ericsson

ST-Ericsson is a global wireless platform and semiconductor supplier to four of the top five mobile handset manufacturers. ST-Ericsson is a 50/50 joint venture of Ericsson and STMicroelectronics established on February 3, 2009...

, a 50/50 joint venture of Ericsson

Ericsson

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 and STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics

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 established on February 3, 2009.

On November 2 Nokia

Nokia

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 announced that NovaThor SoCs will power Nokias future Windows Phone

Windows Phone

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 based smartphones, making a deviation from the standard use of Qualcomm

Qualcomm

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 Snapdragon

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 SoCs in Windows Phones.

List of NovaThor SoC

Model Number	Semiconductor Technology	CPU Instruction Set	CPU	GPU	Memory Technology	Wireless Radio Technologies	Availability	Utilizing Devices
NovaThor U5500		ARMv7	Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	ARM Mali 400	LP-DDR2	EDGE, HSPA+	2011
NovaThor U8500		ARMv7	Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	ARM Mali 400	LP-DDR2	HSPA	2011
NovaThor U9500		ARMv7	Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	ARM Mali 400	LP-DDR2	GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA+ (HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps)	2011

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External links

• Page on ST-Ericsson website about NovaThor.