A5X: How Apple took iPad to a luxury tier rivals couldn't match In its third year of releasing products using its Ax custom processors, Apple radically diverged from a winning "Model T" strategy of mass-producing a single chip used to power 100 million mobile devices. Instead, Apple pursued a new luxury tier iPad powered by new custom silicon. Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 26
Tweaked Apple TV features smaller custom A5 chip Speculation that Apple would add a more powerful A5X chip to its tweaked Apple TV proved false, as a look inside the new hardware has discovered it's simply a smaller version of the previous A5 chip. Sam Oliver 13 years ago 19
Samsung hopes 'strict internal firewall' will protect Apple parts deals Samsung remains a major component supplier to Apple, and the South Korean company hopes to retain that business relationship through a "strict internal firewall" dividing its handset business and components operations. Katie Marsal 13 years ago 81
Apple CPU architect for iPhone, iPad departs for AMD AMD announced on Wednesday that it has hired Jim Keller, who was previously a director in Apple's mobile platform architecture group where he worked on Apple's custom chips for devices like the iPhone and iPad. AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 29
New Apple TV, iPad 2 may be testbeds for Samsung's 32nm chip-making process The 1080p-streaming Apple TV and $399 iPad 2 use a new variant of Apple's A5 processor that may be a testbed for Samsung's 32nm High-K + Metal Gate process, which could find its way into future A-series chips powering devices like a next-generation iPhone. AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 25
Thermal test of iPad's A5X chip shows operating temperature of 97 degrees F As numerous reports claim Apple's new iPad is warmer than the previous generation, a new analysis has found the A5X chip in the new device runs as much as 16 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the A5 chip in the iPad 2. Josh Ong 14 years ago 106
Teardown of Apple's new iPad finds Samsung-built Retina display, A5X CPU A complete disassembly of the new iPad has offered a glimpse inside the hardware, including a Samsung-built Retina display and A5X processor. AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 107
A5X chip in Apple's new iPad doubles RAM to 1GB - report Though the new A5X chip in Apple's third-generation iPad features the same dual-core CPU found in its predecessor, the system-on-a-chip is still believed to double the onboard RAM to 1 gigabyte. Sam Oliver 14 years ago 114
