Eagerly awaiting info on Apple's A4 chip for the iPad and how its PA Semi buy fits in ...

By Category Eagerly awaiting info on Apple's A4 chip for the iPad and how its PA Semi buy fits in ... The iPad is finally here and, in classic Apple fashion ...
Apple announces the iPad

9.7 inch IPS display, 0.5 inch thick, 1.5 pounds, full capacitive multi-touch screen, powered by the 1 GHz Apple A4 chip, available in 16, 32 or 64 GB of flash storage, WiFi 802.11n enabled, Bluetoothe 2.1 + EDR enabled, Accelerometer, Compass, Speaker, Microphone, 30-pin Connector and it is environmentally friendly (arsenic-free, BFR-free, Mercury-free, PVC- free system and it’s highly recyclable). Deep breath…! Apple’s apps have been revamped and customized for the iPad. The New York Times has an app especially made for the iPad, which will, with any luck for the newspaper industry, reinvent the way newspapers are read and possibly save newspaper companies. Marti...
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It sports a ten-hour battery life and packs a 1GHz Apple A4 chip, said by Jobs to be "screaming." The hardware includes an accelerometer, compass, speaker, ...
ITworld

The iPad is a half inch thick, has a ten hours of battery life, and has an ARM-compatible Apple 'A4' chip that runs at 1 gigahertz-- not astoundingly fast ...
Apple tablet launch

Specs: 9.7in IPS display, 0.5in thick, 1.5 pounds, 16, 32 or 64GB of flash storage, 1GHz Apple A4 chip (new one on us), Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n Wi-Fi, accelerometer, 10 hours battery life. Jobs demonstrating movies, TV shows and HD video from YouTube playing full screen on the iPad. We're distinctly whelmed right now. iTunes, email and calendar interfaces have been tweaked for the iPad. Hardly ground-breaking stuff so far Jobs demonstrating onscreen keyboard - spans the full width of the screen when oriented in landscape mode. Little chance of fat fingers causing typos on that one, by the look of things. "It's a big bezel, isn't...
Firemint to 're-imagine' Flight Control for iPad

"The iPad announcement and Apple's A4 chip have come at a fantastic time for us. We are working on some incredibly fun and exciting games that will look ...
IPad thoughts

1GHz Apple A4 Chip. So it would seem Apple has indeed made use of them buying PA Semi a few years back. Its an ARM based processor just like the iPhone. No word on GFX chipset.802.11n. Good. ePub support. Along with PDF support we already have on the current iPhone OS this should mean we can convert text, website to a format that we can then use. I think Kindle is the only eBook reader that doesn't support it. Go standards.A-GPS on 3G model. The biggest Sat Nav ever? No Phone option, new SIM standard, Data only. I know you wouldn't hold this to your face...
Apple introduces the iPad
... powered by Apple's "own" silicon - the 1GHz Apple A4 chip. 10:25 am PST: Steve says it "just all works," shows off full HD streaming video capabilities. ...
Revenge Of The Tablet
iPad is powered by custom silicon a 1Ghz Apple A4 chip. iPad has 16 to 64 GB of built-in Flash memory. Features wi-fi 802.11n, accelerometer, compass and connectivity to iPods. Steve boasts up to 10 hours worth of battery life (with over a month of standby battery life). He says he can take a flight to Tokyo and watch video the entire time. Jobs also brags about the environmental concessions and recyclability of the iPad, which will please Al Gore to no end. Steve departs to let Scott Forstall take over to talk about the App Store. "We've built the iPad to run iPhone apps out of the box." They can run at normal tiny resolution or blown up. Scott shows a screen ful...
Apple iPad Doesn-t Have a Kickstand, Features Loads of Media Content
Apple has made it run on 1GHz Apple A4 chip and the device boasts of a full capacitive multitouch interface. Watching videos becomes a real stunner of an ...