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Apple TV (2012) uses same chip as iPad 2 but only uses one core

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 12th, 2012)

The latest Apple TV was torn down recently, but it still has a surprise or two up its sleeve. According to a report in Chipworks, the 2012 unit has a dual-core A5 chip that's only using one of its two cores. They discovered it's actually the same 32nm SoC found in newer iPad 2 units. You can ...

Apple reportedly leaves Samsung for A6 production

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 27th, 2011)

Apple may drop Samsung and switch to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of its next generation A6 chipset. The Cupertino Company is reportedly working with TSMC to move to a 28 nm ARM SoC in 2012. Rumors of this TSMC partnership surfaced earlier this year ...

Ars: Apple A4 CPU is a "feature-stripped ARM Cortex A8"

by Steven Sande (Mar 1st, 2010)

While much of the speculation over the iPad's Apple A4 CPU has been focused on the fact that it was a system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed by the minds acquired from P.A. Semi, Ars Technica's Jon Stokes has another take on the story. In a Sunday post, Stokes (who claims to have an inside scoop) notes ...