Sunday, July 13, 2014

The Apple A8 SoC in the iPhone 6 might hit 2 GHz core clock speeds for the first time

The Apple A8 SoC in the iPhone 6 might hit 2 GHz core clock speeds for the first time   Android's flagships have been breaking the 2 GHz CPU barrier for a while now, but even Apple's most advanced 64-bit A7 chipset is still lounging at the 1.3-1.4 GHz range. This, however, is about to change with the eventual A8, if a new supply chain report is to be believed.Apple's upcoming chipset, that is expected to make a cameo in the iPhone 6 and the iPad Air 2, is said to feature cores with the maximum clock of 2 GHz for the first time in the franchise history. Previously we've heard that Apple's new chipset will sports cores clocked as high as 2.6 GHz, but that might ... Read more >