Engadget thinks the Apple A4 is just a bunch of existing silicon pieces integrated on a chip. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/apples-a4-is-an-arm-based-system-on-a-chip-a-la-tegra-2/
-- rec -- On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote: > The most interesting point I've seen made is the question of what does the > new Apple A4 CPU bring to the table? Oh, you didn't notice that Apple is > building it's own CPU for the iPad? > > For the consumer's benefit, I expect that it will be the most power stingy > CPU that has ever been seen in an Apple product, cycles per milliwatt it may > beat everything else. That's what PA Semi was building for the defense > marketplace when Apple bought them. > > So I just googled and found a chip commentator who predicted it would be > the best power/watt, power/dollar, and power/cubic-mm system on a chip ever > built. > > But for Steve Job's peace of mind, wanna bet it incorporates a silicon lock > down which will require delaminating the chip packaging and applying an > electron microscope to jail break? It will not run anything that Apple has > not approved. The consumer experience will not exceed Apple's expectations, > except when they're fooled, and they'll probably have the backdoors > necessary to fix those problems, too. > > -- rec -- >
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