1GHz ARM Mobile CPU on the Horizon — but is it iPhone Bound?
Apple Insider reports that Samsung has a 45 nanometer, 1GHz ARM processor, code-named “Hummingbird” on the horizon.
It uses the same Cortex A8 architecture as the current iPhone 3GS (which runs at a clocked-down 600MHz) but due to the smaller size, is said to not consumer any more power or generate any more heat than the current 833MHz generation.
Apple has made huge investments and agreed to large scale licenses of the ARM chip, even as they’re moving ahead with their own, in-Apple chipset initiatives.
So, even if Samsung ships this baby in time there’s still no telling if Apple will use it for a forth generation iPhone, likely to cycle around June 2010.
Still… Zoom. Zoom.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:47 am
That’s so crazy!!! I still remember when 1ghz was a HUGE deal in the desktop world.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Hah, I remember when 33mhz was OMFG fast. 1ghz is insanity.
July 28th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Could it be for the iTablet ???
July 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I remember my first computer was a 25mhz 386 and we thought it was awesome because it would play leisure suit Larry (best game ever lol)
July 28th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Then your Mom and other moms realized you were playing Leisure Suit Larry and the ESRB was born.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
is said to not CONSUMER any more power
????? huh????
July 28th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
@freddy kruger
Jajajaja u cought that!!! LoL
July 28th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Lol. Leisure suit larry 7: love for sail. Memories
July 29th, 2009 at 12:14 am
I feel out of date. I still have a 800MHz PowerBook G4. I still have my 40gb hard drive and 512 ram beat that future iPhone. Man I need an intel mac..,
July 29th, 2009 at 4:24 am
@ Chris man I feel bad for you son, I just got a Alienware laptop for a college present last fall it has a 2.8 GHz duo core intel processor and 200 gig HDD plus 4gigs of RAM and I just saw this fall is a new version twice the Ram and harddrive space and I’m depressed how do u not kill ursellf while waiting for ur comp. 2 work at 800Mhz hahaha.
Get a new comp their cheap!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:43 am
@Philly Z:
sure hope you take some writing classes in college!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:45 am
@columbus lay off philly he probably picked up his writing habits by reading rene’s posts