After making its first appearance in the iPad 2, the next stop for Apple’s A5 chip could be in the next version of the iPhone, where it would bring a significant boost in graphics and application performance without compromising battery life, analysts said.
The A5 microprocessor, announced by Apple at the iPad 2 launch on Wednesday, would provide the next iPhone with better-quality FaceTime videoconferencing, and gaming capabilities that could allow it to compete with handheld gaming consoles, those analysts said.
“What it would bring to smartphones is increased [processing power] for computationally intensive applications,” such as photo and movie applications, said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64. “Those do require more horsepower under the hood than you would get with a single-core processor.”
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/158312/
The A5 microprocessor, announced by Apple at the iPad 2 launch on Wednesday, would provide the next iPhone with better-quality FaceTime videoconferencing, and gaming capabilities that could allow it to compete with handheld gaming consoles, those analysts said.
“What it would bring to smartphones is increased [processing power] for computationally intensive applications,” such as photo and movie applications, said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64. “Those do require more horsepower under the hood than you would get with a single-core processor.”
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/158312/