<s>
The	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A17	I-Application
is	O
a	O
32-bit	O
processor	O
core	O
implementing	O
the	O
ARMv7-A	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
,	O
licensed	O
by	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Providing	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
cache-coherent	B-General_Concept
cores	O
,	O
it	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Cortex-A9	B-Application
and	O
replaces	O
the	O
previous	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A12	I-Application
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARM	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
Cortex-A17	B-Application
core	O
provides	O
60%	O
higher	O
performance	O
than	O
the	O
Cortex-A9	B-Application
core	O
,	O
while	O
reducing	O
the	O
power	O
consumption	O
by	O
20%	O
under	O
the	O
same	O
workload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARM	O
renamed	O
Cortex-A12	O
to	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
Cortex-A17	B-Application
since	O
the	O
second	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
A12	O
core	O
in	O
early	O
2014	O
,	O
because	O
these	O
two	O
were	O
indistinguishable	O
in	O
performance	O
and	O
all	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
A17	O
were	O
used	O
as	O
upgrades	O
in	O
the	O
A12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
Cortex-A17	B-Application
specification	O
,	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Cortex-A9	B-Application
specification	O
,	O
are	O
all	O
improvements	O
from	O
the	O
third-generation	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Cortex-A7	O
and	O
Cortex-A15	O
:	O
</s>
