| Produced | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Qualcomm |
| Common manufacturer(s) | |
| Max. CPU clock rate | 1 GHz to 2.7 GHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv7-A, Thumb-2 |
| Cores | 2 or 4 |
| L1 cache | 16 KiB/16 KiB |
| L2 cache | 1 MiB or 2 MiB |
| Predecessor | Scorpion |
| Successor | Kryo |
Krait is an ARM-based central processing unit included in Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and Snapdragon 400/600/800/801/805 (Krait 200, Krait 300, Krait 400 and Krait 450) System on chips. It was introduced in 2012 as a successor to the Scorpion CPU and although it has architectural similarities, Krait is not a Cortex-A15 core, but it was designed in-house.