You know looking over the official press release I noticed that they never officially state exactly which SoC they are using. They just say 1.2GHz dual core processor.
Its a long shot, but what if the NG is actually packing a OMAP 4470. That SoC has got some nifty new features compared to the 4460.
1) It's got a SGX544 GPU which is 2x as powerful as the SGX540 (raw processing power)
2) In addition to the dual core A9 processors its got a pair of low power arm processors that are used to offload work from the A9s. This can lower power consumption
3) It's got a dedicated low power 2D graphics chip that can render all 2D UI elements without use of the SGX544 which again will lower power consumption.
To maximize the benefit of these added pieces of hardware the software (Android) would have to actively manage it at some level, but we know that Google worked very closely with TI when creating ICS so that's feasible.
AnandTech - TI Announces OMAP4470 and Specs: PowerVR SGX544, 1.8 GHz Dual Core Cortex-A9
Its a long shot, but what if the NG is actually packing a OMAP 4470. That SoC has got some nifty new features compared to the 4460.
1) It's got a SGX544 GPU which is 2x as powerful as the SGX540 (raw processing power)
2) In addition to the dual core A9 processors its got a pair of low power arm processors that are used to offload work from the A9s. This can lower power consumption
3) It's got a dedicated low power 2D graphics chip that can render all 2D UI elements without use of the SGX544 which again will lower power consumption.
To maximize the benefit of these added pieces of hardware the software (Android) would have to actively manage it at some level, but we know that Google worked very closely with TI when creating ICS so that's feasible.
AnandTech - TI Announces OMAP4470 and Specs: PowerVR SGX544, 1.8 GHz Dual Core Cortex-A9
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