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Apple’s next-gen iPhone powered by quad-core processor, sources say

Thursday, July 5, 2012 · 4:33 pm · 25 Comments

“Competition for quad-core smartphones will heat up in the fourth quarter of 2012, triggering by the roll-out of much speculated new iPhone and models built based on Qualcomm’s quad-core chips, according to industry sources,” Daniel Shen and Steve Shen report for DigiTimes.

“Qualcomm plans to begin volume production of its quad-core integrated platform solutions in the second half of the year, which will enable more vendors to bring out competitive quad-core models,” Shen and Shen report. “Additionally, Apple is also expected to release its next-generation iPhone built on Samsung’s Exynos 4 quad-core processor in the second half, heating up competition in the segment, commented the sources.”

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Tags: Exynos 4, iphone, iPhone (2012), iPhone 5, quad-core A6

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25 Comments

Jim

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 4:36 pm · Reply

Oh, come on, MDN, no tirade about Apple continuing to use Samsung parts?
- eldernorm
  
  Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 11:50 pm · Reply
  
  MDN aside, a recent article said that Android apps were really not using the dual core systems in place cause of poor software.
  
  Remember the articles about how Apple designed OSX to be very multi core aware and to use then as needed, efficiently.
  
  Shut them down when not needed and task split and run them when needed. Apples forethought about software and efficiently using power and core cpus make all the difference.
  
  Just a thought.
dinjin201

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 4:57 pm · Reply

Why a samsung Exynos? why not an A7?
- Derek Currie
  
  Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:31 pm · Reply
  
  This is just another worthless rumor perpetrated by ignorant TechTard journalists. Ignore it.
  
  Apple has already designed their own ARM based quad-core CPU. No SameDung required.
  - Dr. Pill
    
    Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 6:25 pm · Reply
    
    Thats right it is a useless rumour.
    
    My dad says it will be a 8-core CPU, but just because he is a engineer at Apple means sh_t. While, God told me, he heard Jobs said the other day, it most definitely be a dual-core, A17.
    
    Rumours eh?
  - dinjin201
    
    Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 9:27 pm · Reply
    
    Exactly. Apple is all about in-house design. Samsung or another chip maker may MANUFACTURE the chips on their own assembly lines, but those designs are 100% apple’s
deasystems

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 4:58 pm · Reply

“Apple is also expected to release its next-generation iPhone built on Samsung’s Exynos 4 quad-core processor.”

Apple doesn’t build anything with Samsung’s dirty processor.
Kristian

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:02 pm · Reply

Apple is a cofounder of the ARM. (VLSI+Acorn+Apple)
Dave Narsh

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:05 pm · Reply

Huh? What happened to Apple’s A-series internally designed processors?
abcd

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:06 pm · Reply

Quad core phone? Only if the phone is smart enough to turn off core 2,3 and 4 when not in use. Sorry guys, but I like all day battery.
- Tessellator
  
  Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 8:20 pm · Reply
  
  Ah but iOS is, and it also extremely efficient about throttling down the other systems in the phone as well. On the other hand with android phones a single core system can suck a huge batter dry in a matter of hours just accidentally backgrounding a few tasks.
  
  That’s why there is the “real iPhone” and the crappy knockoffs. The thing I don’t get is that people will pay nearly equivalent pricing for a android powered knockoff.
  How dumb is that?
NCG598

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:23 pm · Reply

Apple likes in-house solutions, maybe just a mistake. I would go with the lazy writer syndrome and hope Samsung gangs on the paper they use to copy Apple.

Link to Samsung Processor info: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exynos#section_1
althegeo

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:23 pm · Reply

Apple’s iOS can do more with a dual core chip than Android can do with a quad core chip.

This is just more bullshit for shorting Apple when it turns out to be wrong.
- Derek Currie
  
  Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:31 pm · Reply
  
  Either that or its just another day of TechTard journalist ignorance.
DeRS

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:31 pm · Reply

Looks like another nonsense from DigiTimes.

There is no much sense in using quad core SoC on a phone. At best, it makes sense to use quad core *graphics* (SGX-543MP4) in SoC, like A5X that is used in iPad 3, for even better quality of games and 3D applications. But hardly there is need for quad of regular non-graphic cores.
Snoop Dogg

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:37 pm · Reply

With the Ipad 1, apple went to great lenghths to develop its own A4 processor inhouse that is based on arm design. Same with road map navigation in ios 6 because of the spat with google. So why would apple rely on slamdung to provide processors. This story is a waste of space 😡😡
- Dr. Pill
  
  Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 6:29 pm · Reply
  
  Your are right,
  SLAMDUNG losing Apple as a customer.
  That sounds to be a better article and rumour to be read.
spyintheskyuk

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 5:57 pm · Reply

Samsung make Apple’s processors (for now) and this is a confusion based on that fact I expect. Apple will if possible move it’s own designed chips to another fab it will not use Samsung chips in the present circumstances.
vsp

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 6:27 pm · Reply

I think why Apple still uses Samsung’s parts is because of legal obligations that Apple had entered before the treachery of the copyist gangster Samsung.
Laughing_Boy48

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 8:34 pm · Reply

More useless rumors about future Apple products. It’s so damn annoying. I see there hasn’t been any mention of Liquidmetal in the processors, so that’s a big relief. Bloggers just have a field day with Apple rumor crap. What difference does it make what Apple uses in the iPhone? I’m sure it will be satisfactory with consumers even if all the tech-tards hate it.
Danox

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 9:01 pm · Reply

Long term shouldn’t be using anything Samsung including manufacturing.
- IPodLoVer
  
  Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 11:23 pm · Reply
  
  Yeah, what he said. F*~k Samethong anyway, that nasty bitz is so tired, oughta be burnt it reeks so bad. LOL!
  Go apple!
me

Friday, July 6, 2012 - 7:28 am · Reply

This reminds me of then Apple switched to Intel. Why would Apple get rid of their own G5 design for a crap Intel chip? Remember that people.
- Michael
  
  Friday, July 6, 2012 - 8:26 am · Reply
  
  It wasn’t Apple’s G5, it was IBM’s. And that was after ten years of using PowerPC CPU.
  
  Apple’s SoC, like everyone else’s, is built around ARM. There is no reason for them to switch to another SoC. It’s only been two years; there is no way they are going to let their investment in Intrinsity and PA Semi go to waste.
iphone 4s

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 12:37 pm · Reply

i am waiting this phone