Is this new chip going to be any faster for anything that doesn't tax the GPU, such as midi/music apps? I was really hoping for a bump to quad core CPU and doubling the RAM.
Well, allegedly it has a bump to 1gig of RAM... ALLEGEDLY.
Past that, I imagine the A5X is about the same architecture and clock speed as before. Such a bump to the CPU really wasn't needed. Like they said in the keynote, the bump in power they needed was too power the retina display, hence the "quad core graphics".
I agree. The bump in GPU power was needed to drive the new screen... but I don't see the need for the additional CPU power... the iPad2 processor was plenty fast...
is that in the specs sheet? i can't find that info anywhere. i even opened up a separate thread here thanks.The new iPad is listed as having 1GB ram on the Apple site. I'd say that was confirmation enough. It's double what the iPad 2 had.
The new iPad is listed as having 1GB ram on the Apple site. I'd say that was confirmation enough. It's double what the iPad 2 had.