appleinsider.com - 6/11/2009
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The iPhone 3G S uses a Samsung processor incorporating an ARM Cortex-A8 processor core and Imagination's PowerVR SGX graphics core to achieve a significant new class of speed while remaining backwardly compatible with existing iPhone apps.
appleinsider.com - 6/10/2009
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appleinsider.com —
The new iPhone 3G S achieves its OpenGL
ES 2.0 support using the PowerVR SGX graphics processor...
core, according to sources familiar with the new iPhone's graphics processor design, as AppleInsider first anticipated in a report last April that broke ...
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iPhone 3G S to use PowerVR SGX GPU core for OpenGL ES 2.0
news.cnet.com - 6/14/2009
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news.cnet.com —
ARM, the company that designs chips for the
world's smartphones, said handset makers will deliver the first...
models using more than one processor core next year, as high-end mobile phones begin to mimic the hardware attributes of PCs. Palm Pre ...
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New ARM chips headed for iPhone, Palm Pre?
macrumors.com - 6/18/2009
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macrumors.com —
CNet reports that ARM will be delivering multi-core
ARM chips in 2010, making multi-core iPhones and other...
smart phones possible. "You'll definitely see handsets shipping with a dual-core A9 in 2010," James Bruce, wireless segment man...
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Multi-Core ARM (iPhone) Chips Due in 2010
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iPhone 3G S Speeds and Feeds Revealed: 256MB RAM, 600Mhz CPU
The iPhone Blog —
... 256MB of RAM
600Mhz CPU
Anandtech (via Macrumors) gives further info:
Although unannounced, the iPhone 3GS uses (again) a Samsung SoC but this time instead of the ARM11 + MBX-Lite combo it’s got a Cortex A8 and PowerVR SGX; just like the [Palm] Pre.
So add that to the fast PowerVR SGX graphics core, and — to quote Steve Jobs — it’s a screamer!
Update: Apple Insider has a great run down of the technology inside the chipsets.
This is a story ...
Recommended: Engadget’s iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3GS Tale of the Tape
Just Another iPhone Blog —
... Since they posted the comparison, we’ve learned that the 3GS’ processor is a 600MHz beast – Apple Insider has lots of detail on it HERE. (Thanks to our reader aflorence for pointing me to that post) ...
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