Apple’s PA Semi Might Not’ve Designed the iPad’s A4 Chip

A curious tidbit from VentureBeat : The A4 Saratoga chip that Apple ’s procure hardcore in iPad promos might not ’ve been done by theirPA Semiteam ( whichApple acquiredfor $ 278 million ) . Their source says it was designed by Apple ’s existing VLSI squad , who made impost buffalo chip like northbridges for the one-time G5 Macs .

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Sounds potential , since there likely is n’t a whole quite a little “ impost ” lead in the A4 ’s actual design , which by all appearances is an ARM Cortex A9 wind up with a PowerVR graphics heart and some other parts in a custom SoC. So , Modern inquiry , if it ’s unfeigned : What ’s PA Semi , which Apple say would be working on chips for iPhones really working on ? A more customized chip would be interesting , since PA Semi’strue talent was in designing chipswith ridiculous power efficiencies . [ VentureBeat ]

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