> Freescale going Cortex-A53 for i.MX (and Cortex-A57 for QorIQ): > http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1789227 > Maybe they'll simply skip Cortex-A15 for i.MX?
Indeed they will (and also Cortex-A12 for that matter). Next after current i.MX6 with Cortex-A9 will be i.MX7 with Cortex-A7 and then i.MX8 with Cortex-A53:
http://www.freescale.com/files/training/doc/dwf/DWF13_APF_CON_T0838.pdf (pages 3 to 5)