Slimebeast said:
greenmedic88 said:
Slimebeast said:
Scoobes said:
Considering the price it does sound like they're targeting the business sector more than the consumer market that the iPad currently reigns over. My guess is they hope that it'll eventually improve the uptake of consumer Windows based tablets due to app comparability. I'm not sure how well this will work for them, especially with Google and Android offering further competition. |
What price?
And another question. Does Apple really make their own CPUs?
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The A5X is their design. Based upon the ARM Cortex A9 like virtually every SoC out there today. The Nvidia Tegra 3 for instance, is another SoC based upon the A9. So saying Apple doesn't make their own SoC for the iPad is the same as saying Nvidia doesn't make the Tegra line of SoCs.
If you're asking do they own the factories that produce the chips, you should already know that's not how any tech companies work in practice. Samsung is one of the few exceptions that come to mind.
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Great explanation.
So no CPU developed from the ground up like IBM, Intel, AMD or ARM. (far from it if I interpret it right)
More like a custom design instead of a huge engineer undertaking.
I totally didn't know that about Tegra and Nvidia though. I thought Tegra was developed from ground up by Nvidia based on their desktop/mobile GPU engineering expertise.
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That's how ARM works. They're like the greatest (in terms of relevancy) chip company that doesn't actually produce any physical products.
I was surprised at just how many SoCs were based upon their architecture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-A9_MPCore
