The iOS 5.1 beta did reveal how the coming generations of iPhone and iPad will be supporting the quad-core chips!
As 9to5mac reported:
Hidden deep inside the latest iOS 5.1 beta is updated processing-core management software that not only supports the dual-core processing enabled by the A5 iPhone and iPad chip, but also quad-core processing. The references to quad-core iPhone and iPad chips come by way of a hidden panel that describes cores that are supported by iOS device hardware. The updated core management software includes an option of “/cores/core.3,” and this represents a fourth available processing core…
As you can see above, the difference is in the "core.1" and "core.3" where:
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iPhone 5 and iPad 3
As 9to5mac reported:
Hidden deep inside the latest iOS 5.1 beta is updated processing-core management software that not only supports the dual-core processing enabled by the A5 iPhone and iPad chip, but also quad-core processing. The references to quad-core iPhone and iPad chips come by way of a hidden panel that describes cores that are supported by iOS device hardware. The updated core management software includes an option of “/cores/core.3,” and this represents a fourth available processing core…
The dual-core A5 chip, on the bottom, has the “core.1,” and the quad-core chip, on top, supporting iOS 5.1 beta is marked with the “core.3.”
As you can see above, the difference is in the "core.1" and "core.3" where:
- core.0 represents a single core processor
- core.1 represents a dual-core processor
- core.2 represents a triple-core processor (not in iOS code)
- core.3 represents a most probably a quad-core chip
Read more here!
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