The Apple iPad's A4 Processor Runs an ARM9 Core (or Maybe a Cortex-A9)
February 8, 2010
Buried under the mounds of hype connected to Apple’s iPad announcement was the tiny piece of information that Apple had designed its own processor, the A4, to run the device. I became interested in this facet of Steve Jobs’ latest assault on the high-tech toy market after reading that several Apple employees responsible for the A4 design had left Apple to found a new processor design company in San Jose called “Agnilux” and I was curious enough to do a little more digging.
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