> if I read this correctly, they plan on putting one Cortex-A7 core in the > same physical chip as one (or more) Cortex-A15 cores, and then either > of these can seamlessly be powered up/down and be "taking over the > show", depending on performance needs contra power consumption?
Yes, that's exactly what this "big.LITTLE configuration" the quote from ARM Ltd. in your previous posting is talking about means (except that it's two Cortex-A7 cores, not one). See: