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A quad-core iPhone?
VentureBeat —
... But more interesting is the assertion by ZDNet that the 3.0 version of the iPhone’s firmware will be tailored for a quad-core iPhone. It’s not clear if they’re talking about this GPU or the iPhone’s future CPU, which Apple may or may not be ...
iPhone Firmware 3.0 and Future Multi-Core iPhones
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... ZDnet brings word of a possible four-core iPhone being developed by Apple. The information explains that while Apple’s current iPhone does well with gaming, a move into multi-core processing coupled with iPhone firmware 3.0 could bring dramatically increased power. ...
Multi-core iPhones in 2009? No
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
There are some rumors around the net that started by the Apple Core. The idea is that a quad core processor would grace the next revision of the iPhone.
It won't. Let's just stop those rumors right here.
The ARM architecture for multicore chips doesn't even start picking up steam until 2010. In 2009, the Cortex A8 will continue to gain momentum. Toward the end of the year, devices based on the A9 single core architecture could start appearing.
To be fair to the ...
Quad-core Apple iPhones with GPGPU acceleration and firmware 3.0
MacDailyNews —
... 08, 2009 - 09:48 PM EST "One of the most interesting rumors I’ve been tracking here at Macworld Expo in San Francisco surrounds the mysterious four-core iPhone. While the current iPhone has (roughly) the processing power of the Sony PSP, an upgraded four core iPhone would slaughter pretty much every portable gaming platform on the market. The other part of the story is firmware 3.0, which is said to be required on the iPhone 'quad,'" Jason D. O'Grady blogs for ZDNet. Full article here . Wolfgang Gruener reports for TG Daily, "Imagination Technologies will announce a new ...
iPhone Firmware 3.0 rumored to support Multi-core CPU
I4U News —
... News iPhone Firmware 3.0 rumored to support Multi-core CPU The new iPhone firmware 3.0 is rumored to have multi-core CPU support according to ZDNet . Apparently a four-core iPhone CPU rumor is making its rounds at Macword Expo 2009. A guess puts the new PowerVR SGX543 multi-core CPU in the reach of Apple and the next generation iPhone. ...
Linkpost | 1.9.2009
TechBlog —
... - Chrome 1.0 just left beta, and here's comes the next one. But, um, where's the Mac version? • Four core iPhones and firmware 3.0 - Will the next version of the iPhone be a gaming powerhouse? Also ...
What would a four-core iPhone do for its gaming capability?
CrunchGear —
... What if the iPhone had four cores? (If I were a rich man!) Such a rumor has, apparently, been circulating around the shell of MacWorld. With four cores, Apple could turn the iPhone into a legitimate gaming platform. ...
The iPhone Non-Killer
Digital Daily —
... The first: A rumor that iPhone 3.0 will support quad-core processors destined for an upcoming iPhone hardware revision. If this proves true and Apple does release a multi-core GPU iPhone–which is ...
Monday Apple Links: Macworld Expo '09 hangover edition
Infinite Loop —
... GPU introduced at CES (acronyms, ahoy) is multi-core capable, and could lead to quad-core iPhones . Such a device would likely beat the pants off of most other portable gaming platforms, at least during its 30 minutes of battery life. O'Grady also notes that such a device would probably run the iPhone 3.0 firmware, so I wouldn't exactly put multi-core iPhones on the calendar for February.
QuadriPhone-ia? New CPU, Firmware Could Make Uncle Steve's Phone A Killer Game Platform
iSmashPhone - Turn your Phone into your MyPhone —
... In Arms - Hour of Heroes have shown -- but having that much bit-crunching muscle under the hood...er, touch screen...might be enough to give the Sonys and Nintendos of the world the willies. What could have spawned this rumor? Well, Imagination Technologies was scheduled to announce the PowerVR SGX543 during CES. This is a multi-core capable GPU technology which scales to, in theory, an
unlimited number of cores and offer support for GPGPU acceleration. [Via ZDNet] ...
