What's in the A5 processor powering Apple’s iPad 2?
March 4, 2011
Apple introduced the iPad 2 yesterday and revealed that there was a new processor inside, the A5, to power the iPad 2’s new features including the two cameras and the FaceTime video chat feature. The A5 processor is the successor to the A4 found in the original iPad and the latest incarnations of Apple’s iPhone. We don’t yet know much about Apple’s A5 processor, but there are some things we do know.
Related Semiconductor IP
- Specialized Video Processing NPU IP for SR, NR, Demosaic, AI ISP, Object Detection, Semantic Segmentation
- Ultra-Low-Power Temperature/Voltage Monitor
- Multi-channel Ultra Ethernet TSS Transform Engine
- Configurable CPU tailored precisely to your needs
- Ultra high-performance low-power ADC
Related Blogs
- Microprocessor Report pries a few more secrets from the Apple A5 processor and asks if Intel should break itself in two
- Verifying Processor Security, Part 2
- ST-Ericsson (Part 2): Diverse Offering
- Intel vs. ARM: In the Smartphone Era (Part 2)
Latest Blogs
- Silicon Insurance: Why eFPGA is Cheaper Than a Respin
- One Bit Error is Not Like Another: Understanding Failure Mechanisms in NVM
- Introducing CoreCollective for the next era of open collaboration for the Arm software ecosystem
- Integrating eFPGA for Hybrid Signal Processing Architectures
- eUSB2V2: Trends and Innovations Shaping the Future of Embedded Connectivity