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Originally Posted by Mike11
I think this is one of the more believable predictions. The CPU is not mentioned but my money is on a slightly higher clocked 65nm ARM11. The improved graphics processor is most likely a 65nm IMG SGX530/531. Although the next iPhone is supposed to do video recording, I don't think we will see HD recording (like OmniaHD) in this generation, most likely just VGA (maybe 720x480 like LG). And IMHO no IMG VXE, because AFAIK Samsung still has no manufacturing license.
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I think you are right, I havn't seen any VXE license for Samsung.
With regard to the processor, I see Samsung have rather QUIETLY released a Cortex A8 App Processor , the S5PC100. Doing a google returns a grand total of 10 hits. There has been no press release for the product that I can find, and none of the tech websites have discussed it. It is not listed AT ALL under the app processor section of their website:-
http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...Processor.html
However there is a brochure available:-
http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...ure_200902.pdf
Its clocked at 833Mhz, the brochure states 720P playback and record, and a 2D/3D graphics block is shown. There is no other mention whatsoever about the capabilities of the 2D/3D block.
Arm have started to use this processor as a comparision point for Moorestown:-
http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_...DevCon2008.pdf
See page 24.
I find that highly interesting, as of course Intel had at one time targetted the next gen iphone as a killer product for moorestown.
I hear also that there is another variant called the S5PC110, with gets a grand total of 1 hits when googled. Note that samsung never published ANY data on the MBX-ed processor used in the iphone. I think that if the processor in the next gen is samsung, this could be the likely candidate, a customised version with SGX graphics core. The one caveat is that there is no hint or information as to how long this processor has been available. The samsung brochure is dated Feb '09, the ARM .PDF however is dated Oct '08 which references chip size and both operational and standby power times.