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Monday, Sep 15, 2008 10:25am
PA Semi team working on next-gen iPhone CPU |
The staff of Apple's recently acquired PA Semiconductor are working on a new, internally developed ARM processor for the iPhone, the LinkedIn profile former PA Semi senior manager Wei-han Lien has revealed. Although now changed to abstract his work, the entry at the job connection website has slipped that he is now managing an ARM architecture team at Apple working specifically on the iPhone. The news not only suggests that a self-made design will replace the Samsung chip but that Apple has no immediate plans to use Intel's Atom processor in its smallest handhelds.The news also supports earlier evidence that ARM has given a license to Apple. The group, which is responsible for managing the mobile processor architecture announced a licensee in late July which was uncharacteristically secretive and referenced only a company that likes to have more control over its hardware. |