[pitmasterme]

Not sure if I should post this here or not.......got this tweet from @aospbot....
Samsung to provide Apple with quad-core A6 chip for next iPhone

Long days and pleasant nights...............

[wphend00]

Not sure if I should post this here or not.......got this tweet from @aospbot....
Samsung to provide Apple with quad-core A6 chip for next iPhone

Long days and pleasant nights...............

Ka-el will be introduced sometime this week or next week.... and you can best believe that chip (Tegra3) will make its way into handsets before the Iphone X is even mentioned.

[gdbjr]

Ka-el will be introduced sometime this week or next week.... and you can best believe that chip (Tegra3) will make its way into handsets before the Iphone X is even mentioned.

It might be introduced first, but which OS will be updated first to handle it?

If you guess google, you will be wrong. How long has it taken gingerbread to get on more devices then Froyo? And GB doens't even have full support for dual-core processors. Not sure if ICS has support for quad processors, but I doubt it.

[elvisgp]

There is really no need for quad core processors. Dual core is still very new, and single cores are still very speedy.


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[Serial Fordicator]

I don't believe that for the fact that since apple is sueing Samsung and dropped them and went to another manufacturer for their current chips.

[ottscay]

Not sure if ICS has support for quad processors, but I doubt it.

If an OS is multi-threaded it's multi-threaded, no need to change it for more cores. You don't need a different version of Windows just because you swap out a dual core chip for one with 4, 6, or 8 cores. ICS will be ready to use 4 cores out of the box.

[ottscay]

There is really no need for quad core processors. Dual core is still very new, and single cores are still very speedy.

Quad core chips will provide immediate benefits - they can even better handle mutli-tasking (including less battery use), and they will be on a more advanced die process (i.e. smaller transistors) so they will be much more energy efficient even when not all cores are running.

I'm not saying people should wait just for them, but they'll bring tangible benefits right away when they start showing up in phones (although there are other bottlenecks that will be as or more important to phone performance, like the GPU, the memory speed, etc). Also, for people who want to see true desktop level apps they will probably be necessary (and items like Moto's webtop environment will greatly benefit). Plus, we're going to start seeing mobile devices become replacements for PCs and consoles, and it will require quad core chips before this sort of ecosystem really takes off.

[G2 owner]

Lol iPhone and a quad core? It has nothing to the os so they dont need any power

[BoostHungry]

Quad core chips will provide immediate benefits - they can even better handle mutli-tasking (including less battery use), and they will be on a more advanced die process (i.e. smaller transistors) so they will be much more energy efficient even when not all cores are running.

I'm not saying people should wait just for them, but they'll bring tangible benefits right away when they start showing up in phones (although there are other bottlenecks that will be as or more important to phone performance, like the GPU, the memory speed, etc).

Unfortunately the first quad core to hit devices (Tegra 3) is still based on a 45nm technology, and I think the gpu is only slightly improved.

I'm personally waiting for the first phone with a good 28nm chip. Until then my Droid 3 that I got for free (thanks insurance!) Will have to suffice.

As for the iPhone to get a quad core made by Samsung, I've also heard similar rumors, also that it is based on a 28nm technology with LTE on chip which is what Apple has been waiting for. I don't see whats happening in the court rooms effecting their business dealings too heavily.

[caesantos]

HTC Rezound

[Spiral_ouT#AC]

HTC Rezound

Has a dual core processor. Qualcomm MSM8660

[E_man]

It might be introduced first, but which OS will be updated first to handle it?

If you guess google, you will be wrong. How long has it taken gingerbread to get on more devices then Froyo? And GB doens't even have full support for dual-core processors. Not sure if ICS has support for quad processors, but I doubt it.

They've already shown Honeycomb running and utilizing 4 cores. Don't see ICS dropping that

Unfortunately the first quad core to hit devices (Tegra 3) is still based on a 45nm technology, and I think the gpu is only slightly improved.

I'm personally waiting for the first phone with a good 28nm chip. Until then my Droid 3 that I got for free (thanks insurance!) Will have to suffice.

As for the iPhone to get a quad core made by Samsung, I've also heard similar rumors, also that it is based on a 28nm technology with LTE on chip which is what Apple has been waiting for. I don't see whats happening in the court rooms effecting their business dealings too heavily.

GPU should be about 5x as fast, and the T3 should finally be able to play decent video thanks to NEON. It's a good hold over. When the quad core 28mm chips ship, there may well be an upgraded T4 looming, and then others after that, etc.

[gozershalmoser]

ASUS Transformer 2 will be the first quad core mobile device to market, followed by an LTE HTC and or Motorola device for ATT.

Lets not forget that Texas Instruments is also launching a quad core chip in January as well.

[Droid_Evo_8]

What could be the first quad core phone is not going to be the iphone. (Only if they release first) Hehe

[Droid_Evo_8]

ASUS Transformer 2 will be the first quad core mobile device to market, followed by an LTE HTC and or Motorola device for ATT.

Lets not forget that Texas Instruments is also launching a quad core chip in January as well.

Or the ?

[303kush]

iPhone barely came out with a 1ghz dual core lmfao they're definitely not making a quad core anytime soon. apple is like Steve jobs...dead!

[tropper]

Not sure if I should post this here or not.......got this tweet from @aospbot....
Samsung to provide Apple with quad-core A6 chip for next iPhone

Long days and pleasant nights...............

Wont happen, the next yPhone wont be out for another year, and I expect HTC to drop KalEl in the end of the first Quarter, and Moto to drop an OMAP too. I bet Sammy has a exynos-bird quad dropping about the same time as well. I can see LG dropping a new Tegra 3 in Q1 before everyone else.

[akhi216]

Unfortunately the first quad core to hit devices (Tegra 3) is still based on a 45nm technology, and I think the gpu is only slightly improved.

That chip with the old technology and the "slightly improved" GPU made the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime scored over 10,000 on Quadrant...



IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!

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[Officerpolabear]

That chip with the old technology and the "slightly improved" GPU made the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime scored over 10,000 on Quadrant...



IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!

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First off, That's not even Quadrant, it's Antutu. Secondly, benchmarks don't really mean anything unless you know what you are looking for. I bet you the I/O score makes up more than half of that bar. But nonetheless, don't base your decision on a benchmarking software.

[trivor]

They've already shown Honeycomb running and utilizing 4 cores. Don't see ICS dropping that



GPU should be about 5x as fast, and the T3 should finally be able to play decent video thanks to NEON. It's a good hold over. When the quad core 28mm chips ship, there may well be an upgraded T4 looming, and then others after that, etc.

I would much prefer to see a die shrink on dual core and have dual migrate to mid-range phones - you can have quad core on a phone.

[IrateCustomer]

Unfortunately the first quad core to hit devices (Tegra 3) is still based on a 45nm technology, and I think the gpu is only slightly improved.

I'm personally waiting for the first phone with a good 28nm chip. Until then my Droid 3 that I got for free (thanks insurance!) Will have to suffice.

As for the iPhone to get a quad core made by Samsung, I've also heard similar rumors, also that it is based on a 28nm technology with LTE on chip which is what Apple has been waiting for. I don't see whats happening in the court rooms effecting their business dealings too heavily.

If you were getting sued by Apple, would you sell them your fastest chip...or anything at all? This would be a big marketing advantage Apple would have over everyone, and Samsung would suffer. Samsung would need to make a huge amount of money off of Apple to overlook the losses they were garner by selling this chip to Apple. Unless the legal department at Samsung struck a settlement with Apple over the various lawsuits in progress. But I seriously doubt it. The first company to release a quad core processor is going to get a huge uptick due to how good that will market, regardless of the performance increase. There is a huge demand for the "keeping up with the Jones" mentality.

[thunderclap123]

The first actual device to have quad-core is the Asus Transformer Prime which will actually have 5 cores. It will run NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core with an extra fifth core to smooth everything out.

[meany105]

i'm hoping for a good OMAP quad-core(own stock). They have to upgrade the GPU though, the SGX 540 they are currently using is fine for this year, but I think it'll start to show it's age if they try and pit it against Exynos and even Qualcomm (don't know about T3, how is it's GPU compared to the current Exynos?)

[AndroidAdvantage]

That makes me so mad. Why would Samsung help apple after the crap they are going through with BS accusations... I will never understand law.

[LilBompie17]

Since Ice Cream Sandwich is Honeycomb and Gingerbread, and Honeycomb was optimized for multi-cored Tablets and the Transformer Prime (quad-core) runs great on that and that's expecting an ICS updating, so of course this OS is ready for it.