The Apple Tablet...

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Jay Vaughan wrote:

>> Is it Arm-based, x86 based, or something else, and what does this  
>> mean
>> for future iPhones and desktop macs?
>
>
> Its really an interesting point actually .. the end of general-purpose
> CPU's for Apple?  They're doing their own chip fab now.

yup, the chip looks like it rocks especially with all those appley  
graphic transitions going on for just about everything you do - Though  
let's not forget it isn't multitasking - I'm sure that is one thing  
that is helping with battery life especially.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/ipad-powered-by-custom-1ghz-apple-a4-chip/