The Apple Tablet...

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

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.

http://is.gd/7ekRj

2 or 4 core ARM A9. They'd be crazy to take on a different architecture. They 
have their own fab, though, and a special license from ARM so they can mess with 
  the architecture if they wish. In this instance, it looks like vanilla ARM.

Tony (HB)