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Why the iPad Pro’s Apple A9X processor is so fast

Friday, December 4, 2015 2:00 pmFriday, December 4, 20154 Comments

Apple’s A9X processor in the iPad Pro is powerful, rivaling the performance you’d get from a notebook computer…

Apple’s powerful A6 a unique CPU design that’s never been seen before

Monday, October 8, 2012 3:49 pm22 Comments

Apple has developed its own central processing unit based on the chip design technology…

Apple’s custom A6 processor the result of years of effort, including a $500 million chip development program

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:00 amTuesday, September 18, 201246 Comments

Apple’s A6 processor is the result of years of effort that has its roots in Apple’s…

iPhone 5 benchmark score outperforms every iOS and Android device to date

Monday, September 17, 2012 2:15 pmMonday, September 17, 201229 Comments

The iPhone 5’s benchmark score beat out the highest-performing Android devices…

A6 is Apple’s first with custom-designed CPU cores; iPhone 5 memory size and speed revealed

Sunday, September 16, 2012 1:19 pm48 Comments

This is a huge deal for Apple. It puts the company in another league…

Apple’s revised iPad 2 with new 32nm A5 SoC brings even better battery life, cooler operation

Friday, May 4, 2012 9:57 amFriday, May 4, 20125 Comments

What’s different with the $399 iPad 2 is that Apple used it as a vehicle…

Apple’s A5X floorplan

Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:21 pm9 Comments

Today has been pretty exciting. Not only did we confirm the die size…

An Apple A5-powered iPhone will offer feature faster graphics performance

Monday, October 3, 2011 8:36 am3 Comments

While most of the recent focus has been whether or not the next iPhone…

Photos of purported next-gen iPhone logic board suggest A5 processor

Friday, August 26, 2011 12:30 pmFriday, August 26, 20112 Comments

A site by the name of AppleLeaks today posted photos of what is claimed…

RUMOR: Apple lining up quad-core ‘A6’ processor suppliers

Friday, August 26, 2011 12:00 pmFriday, August 26, 20113 Comments

Packaging and testing firm Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is likely…

Apple’s patented macroscalar processor architecture: What it is and what it means

Friday, July 8, 2011 3:03 pmFriday, July 8, 201116 Comments

Apple got a new patent on something called a macroscalar processor…

Apple’s A5 chip remains shrouded in mystery; A6 likely to be quad-core, iPad-only

Thursday, June 2, 2011 5:23 pmThursday, June 2, 201130 Comments

Apple’s A5 outpaces Nvidia’s graphics circuitry in the ‘Tegra 2’ chip…

Mysteries abound in analysis of Apple’s bold new iPad-powering A5

Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:39 pm13 Comments

What’s behind the dramatic increase in die size for Apple’s A5 over the A4?

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