25% faster version for NEON powered 32-bit ARM CPUs
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:27 am
You do not need it for ARMv8 64-bit ARM CPUs because Google Play is delivering NEON optimized apk by default!
There is around 25% faster version of Neutron available for download from neutronmp.com web-site. It is meant for devices which have ARMv7 CPU with NEON SIMD extensions. Examples of such devices are: Galaxy S, Galaxy S II. Faster version means: more CPU power available for other apps and less battery is consumed during playback.
In comparison with stock music player (which is installed by default in Android OS) Neutron performs:
- Standard: around 20% faster
- NEON: around 40% faster
You can download NEON version and install it over the standard version of Neutron which you earlier downloaded from Android Market. Installed version does not prevent from updating on Android Market.
Once you updated from Android Market you need to update to NEON version again manually by downloading it from neutronmp.com web-site and installing again. Make sure the NEON APK version matches the one in Google's Play Store.
[Amazon Users] Please note that versions of Neutron bought through Amazon are not compatible with this APK and thus it is not usable for you.
[Nvidia Tegra2+ CPU] Nvidia is pro in designing CPUs for massive floating calculations (GPUs) so it let them creating fastest VFP unit for ARM platform. Even though NEON is not available in Tegra2 (but is available in Tegra3+) the consumption of CPU by Neutron is the smallest ever seen. On ASUS Transformer TF101 with dual-core 1 Ghz Tegra2 CPU Neutron consumes max 6-7% with Dithering + Replay Gain + Preamp + EQ + Surround + MP3, while Galaxy S2 with dual core 1.2 Ghz CPU with NEON shows 14% consumption for the same setup. Thus Tegra2 owners are more luckier than owners of devices with NEON powered CPUs not produced by Nvidia.
About ARM-NEON technology:www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/neon.php
There is around 25% faster version of Neutron available for download from neutronmp.com web-site. It is meant for devices which have ARMv7 CPU with NEON SIMD extensions. Examples of such devices are: Galaxy S, Galaxy S II. Faster version means: more CPU power available for other apps and less battery is consumed during playback.
In comparison with stock music player (which is installed by default in Android OS) Neutron performs:
- Standard: around 20% faster
- NEON: around 40% faster
You can download NEON version and install it over the standard version of Neutron which you earlier downloaded from Android Market. Installed version does not prevent from updating on Android Market.
Once you updated from Android Market you need to update to NEON version again manually by downloading it from neutronmp.com web-site and installing again. Make sure the NEON APK version matches the one in Google's Play Store.
[Amazon Users] Please note that versions of Neutron bought through Amazon are not compatible with this APK and thus it is not usable for you.
[Nvidia Tegra2+ CPU] Nvidia is pro in designing CPUs for massive floating calculations (GPUs) so it let them creating fastest VFP unit for ARM platform. Even though NEON is not available in Tegra2 (but is available in Tegra3+) the consumption of CPU by Neutron is the smallest ever seen. On ASUS Transformer TF101 with dual-core 1 Ghz Tegra2 CPU Neutron consumes max 6-7% with Dithering + Replay Gain + Preamp + EQ + Surround + MP3, while Galaxy S2 with dual core 1.2 Ghz CPU with NEON shows 14% consumption for the same setup. Thus Tegra2 owners are more luckier than owners of devices with NEON powered CPUs not produced by Nvidia.
About ARM-NEON technology:www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/neon.php