“Apple broke with the consumer electronics industry’s accepted wisdom by designing its own processor chips for the upcoming iPad tablet computer,” Paul Boutin reports for VentureBeat.
“I’ve been goading readers who work in the chip biz to tell us why,” Boutin reports. “Last week, I published a set of emails from engineers, some of them ex-Apple. That post prompted a couple of more insidery sources to come out. Engineers sure love correcting reporters, and hurray for that.”
Boutin wants to know, “How exactly does the A4 chip deliver a claimed 10 hour battery life AND keep from burning your hands on the iPad?”
In an update, Boutin reports, “A very trusted source tells me: ‘PA Semi didn’t do the A4. It was the existing VLSI team. Apple has made custom chips for years like the Northbridges for G4 and G5.’”
Full article here.
[Attribution: MacNN. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]
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