Just saw this on 9to5mac
http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/26/apple...p-a5x-and-completely-new-chip-a6/#more-141456
http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/26/apple...p-a5x-and-completely-new-chip-a6/#more-141456
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A5X and A6 for iPad 3???
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This could be interesting.
Anyway that report really reports nothing, just that there's the code for an A6 within some iOS file.
This could add weight to Apple having 2 or more prototypes so come on Apple release an A15 iPad 3.
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Interesting. I don't think this is something many had considered. A5X = improved A5 chip (A9 architecture) for Apple TV for 1080p playback. Chip will probably remain dual core, quad core seems like overkill for a TV box
A6 = Whole new chip (A15 architecture) for iPad 3. Dual core with a new GPU to drive Retina Display
Interesting. I don't think this is something many had considered. A5X = improved A5 chip (A9 architecture) for Apple TV for 1080p playback. Chip will probably remain dual core, quad core seems like overkill for a TV box
A6 = Whole new chip (A15 architecture) for iPad 3. Dual core with a new GPU to drive Retina Display
Hmmm
Would it be a TOTAL weird thing to believe that the new iPad is going to have different chips... for example that the WIFI only version will have the A5x and the LTE version will have the A6 ? could this be something they would do?
Would it be a TOTAL weird thing to believe that the new iPad is going to have different chips... for example that the WIFI only version will have the A5x and the LTE version will have the A6 ? could this be something they would do?
The a5x will be for the ipad3. Come on the size of that logic board is for ipad. That cant fit in a iphone. Plus it got 2 memory chips, iphone's only got one.
Its certain that that logic board is made for the ipad. That leaves the question if its a dev board and if the processor will change in the final product....seriously whats the change of changing a processor when this photo shows a fully done board? Highly unlikely we'l see that happening.
So the a5x will be in the ipad3.
Now...we need to know the specs. Who knows apple calls everything a5 dual core...so we might be able to see the light of the a15 inside.
Still i estimate that change small, but its there!
The most believable way is that they use desame cpu and ramp the ghz up by a bit, or that it becomes desame cpu but then a quad variance of the chip.
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No thats impossible. Get rid of that thought its NOT going to happen
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Amen brother
Its certain that that logic board is made for the ipad. That leaves the question if its a dev board and if the processor will change in the final product....seriously whats the change of changing a processor when this photo shows a fully done board? Highly unlikely we'l see that happening.
So the a5x will be in the ipad3.
Now...we need to know the specs. Who knows apple calls everything a5 dual core...so we might be able to see the light of the a15 inside.
Still i estimate that change small, but its there!
The most believable way is that they use desame cpu and ramp the ghz up by a bit, or that it becomes desame cpu but then a quad variance of the chip.
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No thats impossible. Get rid of that thought its NOT going to happen
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Amen brother
Amazing what you can do with some silkscreening. I hope they put AppleMonkeyDishwasher on the next one and see where that sends people.
The iPad 3 will have more power than its closest competitor...the iPad 2. I've seen some people saying "I'll only buy it if it is quad core". There are so many more tweaks that Apple could make to speed things along than the number of cores. (A9 vs A15, GPU, bus speed, helper cores, RAM, etc...).
I have to ask though, has anyone found the iPad 2 to be too slow? My biggest complaints are the screen in sunlight, speaker, FFC, no SD card slot (can't take pictures off of my camera and edit/preview, and storage model (non removable, have to carry camera connection kit to get files from camera, and $200 for the upgrade to 64g when SD cards are under $100 and even the new 128gb ones are less than that... I expecting to be disappointed across the board on the iPad 3 -- but will still probably end up buying it anyways..sad life.
It would make some sense for the iPad 3 to run a different SoC than the future iPhone. Up until now the iPad was only pushing slightly more pixels (1024x768 vs 960x640). Now it'll be pushing several times more.