About apple's a5 iphone chip
Leading up to this Friday's launch of the iPhone 4S, AppleInsider will offer a closer look at some of the features of the next-generation handset. Given that the 'S' in the device's moniker was never officially defined by Apple, we offer five potential definitions. Today: 'S' is for Speed, thanks to the Apple A5 processor.
Apple's A5 chip, which powers the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, is now being produced in a Texas factory owned by Samsung, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the operation.
Until now, Apple has mainly relied on Korean and Chinese manufacturers that produced the chips for Apple's products on their soil.
Samsung's new $3.6 billion plant in Austin is the size of nine football fields (1.6 million square feet), and it's almost solely dedicated to producing Apple chips.
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Speed of the apple's a5 iphone chip
Speed of the apple's a5 iphone chip with The 45 nm Apple A5 chip runs on either 800 MHz or 1 GHz clock speed, and it's twice as powerful -- according to Apple -- as its predecessor, the A4.
- The Apple A5 chip is a dual-core chip that allows CPU speeds up to twice as fast as the iPhone 4
- It also features dual-core graphics processing that is up to seven times faster
- The iPhone 4S has increased battery life up to 8 hours.
- A new wireless system in the iPhone 4S allows the handset to intelligently switch between two antennas to send and receive data, improving call quality.
- With its new system, Apple says the iPhone 4S achieves maximum theoretical download speeds of 14.4Mbps.
- Apple said these speeds are competitive with current 4G networks.
- The iPhone 4S also sports an 8-megapixel sensor for improved picture taking.
- A new illuminated sensor gets 73 percent more light than the one found in the iPhone 4, and does it a third faster.
- A high-end IR filter allows for greater accuracy and uniformity, while the handset also offers industry-leading quickness in snapping a photo.
- The new camera will also shoot full-high-definition 1080p video, and will feature real-time video image stabilization and temporal noise reduction.
- In one demo, Apple exec Scott Forstall asked the iPhone 4S to find a Greek restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif. The built-in Siri software returned a list of five restaurants sorted by rating.
- Siri can also read information to users. In one example, the software read a list of notifications from the iPhone 4S.
- The Siri system can also be utilized to make calendar appointments. It will even check if a user's schedule is free when setting up an appointment, and notify them of potential conflicts.
- Information from Wikipedia and Wolfram Alpha can also be accessed through voice commands in Siri.
- In another demonstration, Forstall asked Siri how long until Christmas. The "personal assistant" software responded: "82 days."
- Siri also does dictation, as a microphone icon will appear anytime there is a keyboard on the screen. By tapping the microphone, users can speak rather than type.
- Siri will come with built-in support for English, French and German. The software will be beta at launch, with more languages and services to be added over time.
