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iObserver App Store iAd Game Center iPhone iCloud iOS iTunes iPad iPod Apple TV Siri Fri, May 25, 2012 Free on iTunes: 3 Free iOS Apps for News Hounds News: Mobile Devices Account for 20% of Web Traffic in US, Canada News: Apple Now Offering “Free App of the Week” for iOS News: Absinthe 2.0 Provides Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 Quick Look Review: F18 Carrier Landing (iOS) is a Boatload of Fun Product News: Facebook Brings Native Photo Sharing to iPhone with New Camera App Thu, May 24, 2012 News: Apple Pulls Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil Speakers Touch from App Store Quick Look Review: Casellet: iPhone 4S Case and Wallet Combined More… Apple Uses Own Chip In iPad, The 1GHz Apple A4 iPad Bryan Chaffin 1:52 PM, Jan. 27th ET, 2010 TMO Talk (15) Articles by Author Bryan Chaffin on Twitter Contact Author Bio Tweet Comments (10) Apple is using the first chip to come out of its PA Semi acquisition in its new iPad, a processor called the Apple A4. Apple CEO Steve Jobs made the announcement at the media event Wednesday where the iPad was unveiled, according to Engadget's coverage of the event, where he said, "It's powered by our own silicon. The 1GHz Apple A4 chip. It screams." The iPad is Apple's new tablet, a device focused on e-mail, browsing, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, and reading ebooks. While we haven't yet handled the device, commentary from Apple's media event backed up Mr. Jobs's claim that "It screams," with people saying that the device is responsive and didn't stutter when playing HD video. Apple bought PA Semi in April of 2008, and it has long been speculated the company planned to use chips designed by the firm in its mobile devices. The 1GHz model being used in the iPad is the first such chip to make it into a shipping Apple product. Email This Tweet This Bryan Chaffin on Twitter 51564 Bryan Chaffin ipad 1264618342 Post A Comment or Log-in. Need an account? Register here. 10 Observer Comments Gary Noter said on January 27th, 2010 at 2:40 PM: Yaaaawwwwnnn. Randy Bradley said on January 27th, 2010 at 3:13 PM: I thought this device would be useful to interface to database but I doubt Oracle will support this architecture. daemon said on January 27th, 2010 at 3:29 PM: Anyone know what the instruction set architecture for the Apple A4 is? Considering the iPhone 3GS used the Cortex-A8 I’m almost convinced the A4 is a modified A8 (meaning that it uses the ARM architecture). Mike said on January 27th, 2010 at 3:31 PM: I thought this device would be useful to interface to database but I doubt Oracle will support this architecture. Right. Because there are no web API’s for database access… and no SDK to build custom apps on this platform… and database == Oracle in every context. Move along, nothing to see here. Bryan Chaffin said on January 27th, 2010 at 3:47 PM: Anyone know what the instruction set architecture for the Apple A4 is? Considering the iPhone 3GS used the Cortex-A8 I’m almost convinced the A4 is a modified A8 (meaning that it uses the ARM architecture). PA Semi’s specialty was ARM processors before Apple bought them, as I recall. I imagine it’s a safe bet that the A4 is also ARM. jimothy said on January 27th, 2010 at 3:56 PM: PA Semi’s specialty was ARM processors before Apple bought them, as I recall. I imagine it’s a safe bet that the A4 is also ARM. Good to know. That (potentially) answers a question I had: How do iPhone apps perform on this sucker? I wondered if emulation was necessary; this strongly points to “no.” Alphaman said on January 27th, 2010 at 4:04 PM: PA Semi has its roots in Digital Equipment Corporation, that made the Alpha and the StrongARM processors. ARM has been a staple of their work, so I’m fairly confident that’s the basis of the architecture they’ve used. YumaAppleBooy said on January 27th, 2010 at 4:52 PM: @Mike: Please refer to the info provided by Apple re the iPad. the SDK is available today, to build apps for the iPad. WetcoastBob said on January 28th, 2010 at 2:31 AM (Edited: 05/24/2011 12:33 AM): Remember folks… this is iPad 1.0. Apple sells a bunch to early adopters and then brings out iPad 2.0 Familiar scenario? Gary said on January 28th, 2010 at 7:36 AM: @WetcoastBob I know what you mean , but… Nah, this iPhone/iPod 3.2. It’s the evolution of established products. Post A Comment or Log-in. Need an account? Register here. said on May 27th, 2012 at 8:09 AM: Username Password Auto-login on future visits Show my name in the online users list Forgot your password? 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