I've preordered my iPhone 5 and am sure it's going to blow me away as I am currently on an iPhone 4. I am still very curious to find out what people are speculating as far as the specs for the a6 chip. What do you think?
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A6 --- dual core a15, quad core or ???
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won't know till tear down. But I'd be shocked if it was anything but dual core. Quad core on a phone is just not necessary
??? is the correct answer until someone gets their hands on it for testing. i'm guessing dual core.
No one is really expecting A15 really, just hoping.
A15 quads are way, way out of the ballpark. They're probably mid to end of 2013 at a guess.
A15 quads are way, way out of the ballpark. They're probably mid to end of 2013 at a guess.
Dual-core, for sure. The chip is 22% smaller, and even using a 32nm process it would have been impossible to achieve that size with a quad-core. My bet is a dual-core chip with an improved architecture, something akin to the custom one of Krait, or possibly even a true A15. I'm really hoping for the latter.
Verizon's website, under the technical specifications of the iPhone 5, list the processor as "Dual core, custom designed A6 - high performance, low power"
Uh, it has to be a15 because of the die size (as well as the power reductions). You simply can't get that out of the a9.
I sure hope so. If it doesn't have it I'm going to be a little disappointed.
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It's NOT quad core. That much is clear. Zero mention of its core count or anything beside "a6" and up to x2 faster.
I'm gonna say a dual core a15 with a 800-1.0 clock. Gpu side could be a little a5xish. A quad core gpu is possible. Ram is almost certainly 1gb. The new maps looks like a VERY intensive app.
I'm gonna say a dual core a15 with a 800-1.0 clock. Gpu side could be a little a5xish. A quad core gpu is possible. Ram is almost certainly 1gb. The new maps looks like a VERY intensive app.