Tag: A4

I'm sure you've heard about reverse engineering and industrial espionage -- they are the bread and butter of a competitive tech industry! -- but I had no idea there were firms, such as Chipworks, that specialize in the process. They've just released glorious, revealing details of the Apple iPad's hardware, and a complete breakdown of the new, top-secret A4 processor. For the ...

iPad early-adopters have been quick to claim that their new over-sized, over-priced iPod is "blazingly fast," and by Jove, looking at the benchmarks, the fanboys might actually be right! While a margin of 10% on website load times might not, technically, be "blazing," it's certainly proof that the iPad is faster. The Javascript SunSpider tests are both more important and more damning: the iPad ...