The Cortex-A53 is a 2-wide decode superscalar processor, capable of dual-issuing some instructions.

It is available as an IP core to licensees, like other ARM intellectual property and processor designs.

The Cortex-A53 is the most widely used platform for mobile SoCs since 2014 to the present day [as of?

], making it one of the longest-running ARM platform for mobile devices.

[9][10] The Starlink ground terminals utilize a quad-core Cortex-A53 SoC from STMicroelectronics as a main control unit.