According to ARM's Web site, the Cortex-A9 is available in either single- or multi-core processor configurations.

So how do multi-core processors deliver more performance without actually running at faster speeds?

The plant will make 65-nanometre multi-core processors, said the sources, who asked not to be identified.

So yes, it was basically a venue for the chipmaker to once again entoll the virtues of its multi-core processors.