Multi-Core Chips Coming to the Next iPhone?
IntoMobile:The next major overhaul of the iPhone platform might just see the iPhone coming into its own as a graphics-savvy gaming platform. Apple has been confirmed to have licensed PowerVR graphics technologies from Imagination Technologies in a bid to turn the iPhone into a data-crunching and gaming phenom the likes of which dedicated gaming consoles would cower beneath.
Imagination Technologies already provides the PowerVR graphics core lying within the Samsung-made ARM silicon that powers the current iPhone and iPhone 3G - you can thank Imagination Technologies for your iPhone’s 3D graphics performance. The new PowerVR SGX technology secured by Apple promises to take things up a notch with OpenGL ES 2.0 support and true HD video handling.
It’s only a matter of time before we see Apple introducing these new PowerVR SGX graphics cores in an upcoming iPhone chipset. Read more…
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