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A5: All Apple, Part Mystery

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the chips-and-dips dept.

PabloSandoval48 submitted a fairly lengthy story running on the EE Times about the A5 processor that powers the iPad 2. The story talks a bit about the A4 and A5, the IP issues surrounding the chip, and more. The real question now is what comes next.

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  1. It is powered by rainbows by For+a+Free+Internet · · Score: 0, Insightful

    And by the blood of Steve Jobs's suicided sweatshop slaves.

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  2. Re:To be fair, here is link with ads by DanTheStone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not the advertisements that tend to make people link to the print version, it's when they spread the article out over several pages. I don't mind advertisements at all, but I hate the online equivalent of turning to several different newspaper pages to finish a single article.

  3. Re:To be fair, here is link with ads by MightyYar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I might side with you if there were any content. The article consisted of some micrographs and a lot of "duh" speculation. I came away with very little new information. It took them a huge block of text to tell me that they don't know what 60% of the chip does.

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  4. Knowing apple.... by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In about 2 years a new line of Desktops and laptops will be announced that used the new A10 processor, this processor will be used to get rid of all those ooky older intel based devices by having the new OS not compatible with it. Thus purging the world of the old product forcibly. Just like how those disgusting old G5 quad core towers still linger about now...

    Using old hardware makes Jobs angry.... you wont like him when he's angry....

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    1. Re:Knowing apple.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You're not "nerds," just idiots. And those come in all sorts of varieties,

    2. Re:Knowing apple.... by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The move to Intel was more for logistical reasons as opposed to a dick move to screw people. At the time both Motorola and IBM had problems supplying Apple with enough CPUs. Despite being a big name customer, Apple was really a small customer (in terms of volume) ordering a custom part for both companies. No one wants to carry excess inventory so when Apple kept ordering more chips the two companies had trouble keeping up. By switching to Intel, the supply of chips would be more reliable because the part was now a stock part. If Apple upped their forecasts and didn't end up buying chips, Intel could sell to one of their other customers.

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  5. Re:To be fair, here is link with ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's merely a well planted Apple advertisement. A5 is SO powerful, so amazing, that even if you're not impressed with iPad 2, you'd be silly to actually consider an alternative instead of waiting for A6.

    We've been seeing a lot of this stuff, lately. I wonder why Apple's so worried that their zombie masses will snap out of it.