The iPad 3's A6 Processor to be Dual-Core?

[pmz]

Of course. Why discuss anything ever?

Of course, don't be silly

This thread just got particularly out of hand, with basically no sense being made by anyone. People with zero knowledge of how an iPad will actually perform with a Quad Core Cortex A9, or a Dual Core Cortex A15, weighing in with their sincere definitive answers. Lol.

I know this is for that purpose, but this one time that we can probably say, "Let's see what they do. Either way, we know it will be a lot faster."

 

[chrmjenkins]

Of course, don't be silly

This thread just got particularly out of hand, with basically no sense being made by anyone. People with zero knowledge of how an iPad will actually perform with a Quad Core Cortex A9, or a Dual Core Cortex A15, weighing in with their sincere definitive answers. Lol.

I know this is for that purpose, but this one time that we can probably say, "Let's see what they do. Either way, we know it will be a lot faster."

There are several members of this forum that can make educated guesses. Of course, part of the interesting part is postulating since apple has total control over both the hardware and software. We always operate with a degree of unknown because this is a rumor site.

 

[MythicFrost]

I thought apple's A# archetexture integrated the GPU, is there a separate GPU on iOS devices?

The A5 is a SoC designed by Apple which includes the RAM, CPU, and GPU -- it's not an integrated GPU and nor does it have anything to do with the processor, it's a discrete GPU.

Saying they are doing an A15 is different than saying they are doing a quad core A15 out of the gate.

I suppose, but if they're able to do a dual-core they should be able to do a quad-core as well.

You have to remember that is a demo nVidia coded specifically to use all 4 cores. Those tasks you cite are also better suited to a GPU. Any massively parallel operation is.

It is, but it shows what happens with only two. I'm not too sure about that, if those things were better done on a GPU, why not just keep a dual core and improve the GPU even more? Perhaps a lot of it is done on the GPU but the CPU is still required for some things, and not to mention, the scene reacting to the accelerometer.

Of course, more is better for the CPU, but assuming apple is working inside some fixed area budget for A6, I'd pick a better GPU every day of the week for a retina iPad display.

Yeah first and foremost they'll need a GPU that'll handle the retina display, that's the most important, but they still should be able to give us a better processor and more RAM.

 

[cbrad82]

I agree.......

 

[fozzy.bear]

All the end user cares about

All the REAL user cares about is things like: Can I get to where I want to go without waiting forever and does it do what I need it to do. Nobody really cares about how many cores what mhz what rammaframmus is inside all they what to do is do their stuff. My gosh you geeks are truly amazing as to what you get all hung up about. the real issues are have: we stopped, or when are we going to ......... fill in the blanks (bombs, genetically engineered seeds, global warming, world starvation, the right/wrong person in the White House, what's the winning number for the PowerBall Lottery)