? For starters, unlike the single core configuration on the A4 processor, Cortex-A9 is capable of carrying multiple-cores – as many as 16 cores. This will extend peak performance to unprecedented levels. You may remember that Apple 's A4 chip is based on the ARM Cortex-A8 single-core configuration.
It is however worth noting that even the single core version of the ARM A9 processor is likely to double theARM Cortex-A8performance level from the (more…)

The iPhone unearthed by the Vietnamese website is a 16GB pre-production model that does not run any OS. Instead, the handset is loaded with a ”
” test routine. The device was apparently purchased by a businessman from an anonymous source for $4000.
contained a pair of screws at the bottom of the device. These screws are missing in the new prototype. You may recall that the pictures of iPhone 4G published on Twitter early this year
.
, which (more…)

The main processor is an Apple A4, which we’re already know.
iPad is using Toshiba Flash memory.
iPad is using a Broadcom BCM5973 chip, which could be the
.
One of the board seems to be made by AT&S.
iPad’s display is mostly likely made by LG-Phillips.
The battery used in the iPad is 3.75V, 24.8 watt-hour (6.5 Amp hours) battery as compared to a 4.51 watt-hour battery in
, which explains why iPad has 10 hours of battery life.
3GS.
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However, is A4 really the
that it is made out to be? In a recent article, Jon Stokes from
questions the acclaimed superiority of the A4 chip and makes an argument against it.
According to his sources, the A4 chip is a 1GHz SoC made of a single Cortex A8 core and PowerVR SGX GPU and not a dual-core Cortex A9 chip as originally thought. This would make it comparable to the chips present on many of the modern day smartphones and hence is nothing (more…)

The success of the A4 chip has already spawned a new vertical that Apple will now cater to. According to reports on the New York Times, HP and Lenovo have already expressed their interest to bring the A4 chip to their netbook devices. As chip industry veteran Fred Weber remarks, “
”. With A4, Apple can now pose a significant threat to the likes of Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia.
However, Apple 's major focus is likely to be in the way the semiconductor (more…)

As you would already know, the iPad's A4 CPU chip was built in-house thanks to the technology that Cupertino got access to through its acquisition of PA Semi back in April 2008. Apple says the A4 chip can clock up to 1 GHz of processor speed; much faster than the 833 MHz Samsung chip that is present on the iPhone 3GS and nearly double the 620 MHz chip that operates
.
However, this does not portray the complete picture. The chip on the iPhones (more…)

Query: Who makes the Apple -branded chip in the iPhone ? Answer: Samsung. This nontrivial detail translated into smartphone chip market share gains for Samsung in the second quarter, according to iSuppli.

Apple iPhone market share gains drove Samsung chip rise.

(Credit: Apple )

The iPhone , largely due to the popularity of the 3GS model, accounted for 13.9 percent of global smartphone shipments in the second (more…)