iPad 3 With A6 Processor Not Possible Until June 2012?
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iPad 3 With A6 Processor Not Possible Until June 2012?
According to an analyst at The Linley Group, a chip consultancy firm, Apple's A6 system-on-chip won't make it to the iPad 3 until July 2012. The A6 processor, successor to the 1 GHz dual-core A5 chip presently powers iPad 2, is expected to power future version of the iPad and iPhone.
We had earlier heard reports of the A6 chips being produced on a trial basis by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
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Delayed
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competition, finally, nice
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"Since the release of the iPad, Apple has maintained a yearly upgrade cycle for these processors" ... so, that would be a 'pattern' derived from two data points? Bit too much hyped over-analysis going on, I think.
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I would rather buy my second iPad with it's "full blown" capability with he A6 rather than a temporary patch. Till then my Original Classic will suffice, and that's the main reason why I said pass to the iPad 2.
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Agree, but you'd expect Apple to not have the same processor for the next iPad. So its not just analysis based on very few data points, but expectations + competition.
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This puts an end to the iPad 3 alongside iPhone 5 rumour
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Analysis based on expectation?!!o_O?You are really putting the 'anal' in 'analysis' there, as in, 'pulled out from'...
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Steve Jobs needs to grow up.He needs top notch semi conductor manufacturers.The Arm architecture, without going into details, is a poor design, certainly no competitor to the technology thats currently exists. Arm is a sucess by means of politics and petty minds. The Arm needs a great deal of innovation for it to perform at levels anywhere near a laptop, thats a pretty low bar considering the low power to performance of Intel chips. Having said this, I am cheering for nVidia and even Qualcomm to keep up a fast pace over the next 5 years.Apple should be good at collecting the best technology, not trying to invent it.
