Apple A4 Processor Teardown 79
Plocmstart writes "Here's what EETimes.com is claiming to be the first teardown of the A4 processor. 'Apple's iPad chip is a single-core ARM A8 made by Samsung. Through various benchmarking testing, UBM TechInsights was able to find out the details of the A4 processor.'"
Interesting (Score:5, Interesting)
Anyone know what Google is planning on stuffing in their new tablet [gizmodo.com]?
Re:No but it does have neon. (Score:2, Interesting)
>>Does apple withhold information what code can be generated?
The only officially approved code generation method for the iPad is to send a nicely worded letter to Apple, along with X dollars. In Y months your app will be compiled for you and put up on the app store, for which you'll receive no royalties.
Upshot: display tech dominates battery life (Score:5, Interesting)
They show that power usage is:
0.5 Watts at idle with the display disconnected
1.75 Watts at idle with display at min brightness
4.25 Watts at idle with display at max brightness
They estimate that the A4 CPU uses 0.5 to 0.8 Watts when browsing the web over WiFi.
Conclusion, FTA:
Re:also, multicore? (Score:3, Interesting)