I suspect they’ve taken the basic Rogue 7XT schema and further customised it. It’s a bit like those customised BMWs which come with another motor Co. badge on them.
Seems like A11 is PowerVR after all. This is alluded to in the IMG takeover documentation prepared by Clifford Chance which highlights Apple no longer paying royalties for new designs after 30th June 2018.
I also see Alex Voica has two blog articles which also reference FP64 ALUs as optional add ons? Or are these part of the GT7900 standard package for example?
Looks like we may be hearing of Series 7 before the end of 2014. Sir
Hossein Yassaie outlined the timeframe for an announcement to come but revealed no further details in the full year conference call to financial analysts last week.
If I recall the marketing correctly Rogue is designed to run at higher clocks circa 575mhz yet the Mediatek lower clock low cost explanation seems reasonable.
So 500mhz+ Apple A7? SoC for ipad5 that is an G6400 could well be on the cards. Whether we see the G6200 for iphone5S and iPad mini 2...