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Cortez A9:

David Kuan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:23:33 -0400

Cortez A9: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10263278-64.html
iPhone 3GS: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19604

Are people speculating that

Ian Lamont — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:52:31 -0400

Are people speculating that it's for the iPhone?

I am waiting for someone to crack open a iPhone 3G S later this week to see what kind of chip is powering it. I assume it's a higher-speed version of the chip that powers the 3G.

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Next-generation Cortex-A9

David Kuan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:12:30 -0400

Next-generation Cortex-A9 processor from ARM will debut in 2010 which will initially have dual cores.

http://www.appleinsider.com/a

David Kuan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:42:13 -0400

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/18/iphone_graphics_may_get_mu...

My God...I'd be happy with a

Alex Gray — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:59:38 -0500

My God...I'd be happy with a simple 32gb iPhone...How many new iPhone predictions have there been for a new version in late 2008 and now in 2009. I for one am sick to death of waiting. I went and signed up for the new HTC yesterday and will just keep my 30gb iPod...

Job done!

What do you mean? A 2-hr

Yi-Wyn Yen167771 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:09:12 -0500

What do you mean? A 2-hr battery life for an iPhone works for me. ;)

That was a bit of sarcasm

ryan peters — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:02:12 -0500

That was a bit of sarcasm Yen, a little tongue n' cheek if you will. It's about time those phones had longer battery life.

Yup. A quad-core, or

Yi-Wyn Yen167771 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:23:48 -0500

Yup. A quad-core, or four-core, is what Apple is rumored to be building.

How about a quad-core.

ryan peters — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:21:20 -0500

How about a quad-core.

@Yi-Wyn, nice prediction.

David Kuan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:04:55 -0500

@Yi-Wyn, nice prediction. This will most certainly be true if iPhone HD is in the works (which many believe is). Given that Apple has increased its ownership stake in the Imagination, this is a question of when.

Apple announces a multi-core iPhone in 2009?

Yi-Wyn Yen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:36:55 -0500

Could Apple be building a four-core iPhone? Rumors began spilling out of CES that Apple is working on a multi-core iPhone to run more powerful and graphics-intensive apps like games and movies.

Imagination Technologies, a British mobile chip maker in which Apple owns a minor stake, introduced the PowerVR SGX543, its latest GPU unit at the Las Vegas show. The new multi-core chip is designed for mobile phones to run HD-quality video and graphics better. The current generations of the iPhone and iPod Touch use an older model of Imagination's graphics chips.

Apple analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray predicts that the company's next big projects are mobile-phone related. If that is the case, it makes sense that Imagination Technologies's SGX chip could make its way into a future generation of iPhones.

Prediction: Apple announces the company will be using a multi-core chip designed by Imagination Technologies in 2009. An announcement from Imagination Technologies that Apple will run its quad-core chip will be sufficient for this prediction to be judged a success.

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