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Photo of iPad 3 Logic Board with "A5X" System on a Chip
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Do you have a link where he said that? I'd like to read. Thanks. (legitimate interest, no sarcasm - Anand knows his stuff)
Why didn't they in the iPad 2, was almost as cheap back then too. Apple can be stingy sometimes. They are trying to keep the iPad price low after all, so cutting corners isn't exactly surprising.
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't make them wrong. What's really wrong here is your bad grammar.
Before you say anything further, I suggest you replace your logic board.
What was the actual difference between the A4 and A5? Is it possible that Apple deemed the difference between the A4 and A5 as big as, say, the move from a Core Duo to a Core 2 Duo, and so it merited an increment of the number; but the move from the A5 to A5X was more like the move from a Core 2 Duo to a Core 2 Quad, where really the only difference is the number of cores so even though it's quite a bit more powerful, it's more similar than different to the previous model and so doesn't merit a new name?
I believe heat sinks can operate well enough on their own as long as the heat output isn't too high. I used to have this Nvidia GeForce 5200 in my computer and it only used a heatsink, didn't need a fan
I believe heat sinks can operate well enough on their own as long as the heat output isn't too high. I used to have this Nvidia GeForce 5200 in my computer and it only used a heatsink, didn't need a fan
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From the size of that Heat Sink it's an Overclocked A5. As I expected. Apple has no fabs for the A6.
I say take over the Austin Samsung Fab. National Security.
From the size of that Heat Sink it's an Overclocked A5. As I expected. Apple has no fabs for the A6.
I say take over the Austin Samsung Fab. National Security.
negative ghostrider, they will slash the current ipad 2 price by $100 and keep 1 model of the old ipad around to attract the lower price crowd while introducing the iPad 3 at the current iPad pricing. the lowest price point always has to have an attractive number, because that is the one it will advertise.
Funny
So if it isn't Quad-Core why did Apple updated it's processing-core management software to support 4 cores in iOS 5.1 beta:
http://www.cultofmac.com/138316/ios-5-1-beta-suggests-next-gen-quad-core-iphones-and-ipads-report/
and as MC said, the date code in this "A5X" clearly "indicates that it was manufactured in the 46th week of 2011, which would have corresponded to November 14-20" meaning: prototype
But of course...I could be wrong
P.S. Sorry if there's something wrong with my grammar, It's just that I am not a native English speaker.
So if it isn't Quad-Core why did Apple updated it's processing-core management software to support 4 cores in iOS 5.1 beta:
http://www.cultofmac.com/138316/ios-5-1-beta-suggests-next-gen-quad-core-iphones-and-ipads-report/
and as MC said, the date code in this "A5X" clearly "indicates that it was manufactured in the 46th week of 2011, which would have corresponded to November 14-20" meaning: prototype
But of course...I could be wrong
P.S. Sorry if there's something wrong with my grammar, It's just that I am not a native English speaker.
Right, but people on these forums would blindly buy hippo crap if it was sold in the Apple stores.
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Going to be $349 WiFi 16G iPad 2
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Going to be $349 WiFi 16G iPad 2
Both the Core Duo and the Core 2 Duo have two cores. However, the Core Duo was 32-bit only, whereas the Core 2 Duo was 32/64-bit. (I have the Core Duo in my first-gen MacBook Pro, the reason I can't run Lion on it.)
I get the idea of your post, but the difference between the chips isn't quite the same. Comparing a Pentium to a Core Duo would be a little more accurate... though didn't they make dual-core Pentiums too? Ugh...
You're absolutely correct that heatsinks can work without a fan. However, look at the heatsink on the card and the supposed heatsink on the supposed A5X. The heatsink that needed no fan actually has a lot of space around it to dissipate heat. It's also 3D where it has more room to dissipate heat. With the flat one installed on the supposed A5X, the only thing it'd do is hold heat in more than dissipate it. Also, there will be other things laying on top of that heatsink. This would totally trap the heat and would overheat the cpu even faster. Heatsinks that have no fan MUST be a grill, not a flat piece of metal.
... though didn't they make dual-core Pentiums too? Ugh...
Pentium D was duo core. Pentium D is the one that was manufactured after the Pentium 4 and before the CoreDuo
Don't care
I couldn't careless if it had an
Core
I'm still using my IPad 1, I'm looking forward to whatever it is they come up with for me it's the software with apple that makes the experience... It has to look nice as well.
I couldn't careless if it had an
Core I'm still using my IPad 1, I'm looking forward to whatever it is they come up with for me it's the software with apple that makes the experience... It has to look nice as well.
It all fits together:
The HD iPad was almost ready for Christmas but was delayed because of the screen. There's no way the A6 was ready last fall. And it's not ready now, because the 28nm "3D" process doesn't scale till summer '12 at the earliest. So this is the iPad 2 HD (even though they might call it iPad 3) with almost the same CPU, just much faster GPU and more RAM.
The GPU and and RAM is really the important part for going Retina.
iPad 4 is probably coming in the fall with the iPhone 5.
The HD iPad was almost ready for Christmas but was delayed because of the screen. There's no way the A6 was ready last fall. And it's not ready now, because the 28nm "3D" process doesn't scale till summer '12 at the earliest. So this is the iPad 2 HD (even though they might call it iPad 3) with almost the same CPU, just much faster GPU and more RAM.
The GPU and and RAM is really the important part for going Retina.
iPad 4 is probably coming in the fall with the iPhone 5.
With the increased resolution Apple will be forced to include 1G with extra video memory requirement and all.
Other than the cost and the ease of production, I suspect a part of it is that extra RAM means more battery consumption although I don't know how big that is.
Here's Steve Sinofsky, the head of the Windows Division at Microsoft explaining it
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8.aspx
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I type on the iPhone all the time, too! That didn't give me any excuse to use bad grammar. It definitely didn't give me any excuse to be ignorant, either.
I type on the iPhone all the time, too! That didn't give me any excuse to use bad grammar. It definitely didn't give me any excuse to be ignorant, either.
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The software is nothing if it doesn't have the hardware to support it.
xSPRINTERx said:I couldn't careless if it had an
I'm still using my IPad 1, I'm looking forward to whatever it is they come up with for me it's the software with apple that makes the experience... It has to look nice as well.
The software is nothing if it doesn't have the hardware to support it.
Well that's very interesting... I wonder what actually makes the A5X different than it's predecessor? To be frank, I really don't care if it's quad or dual, as long as it's fast "enough". The retina display will require more horsepower in and of itself of course, so I wonder if the technical upgrades were made primarily for that purpose... (upgraded graphics processing components, etc.).
Can't wait for that press release!
Can't wait for that press release!