Photo of iPad 3 Logic Board Shows A5X

AirPlayit · Feb 21, 2012

The photo, showing an â€œA5Xâ€ system-on-a-chip, appeared in a forum post at Chinese site WeiPhone that claims the image shows the iPad 3 logic board.

An â€œA5Xâ€ designation indicates that Apple plansto use an upgrade to the A5 chip that powers the current iPad 2 rather than anew â€œA6â€ quad-core processor that some have speculated Apple would include the new iPad.
Chip analyst Nathan Brookwood says Apple hasalways been able to squeeze more performance from its hardware than its Android competitors because it controls the hardware and software. For example, he notes the iPad 2 with its dual-core A5, performs better than dual-core Androidcounterparts.
Still, Brookwoood said he wants to see how well well the iPad 3 performs versus tablet competitors now on the market like the Asus Prime that uses Nvidiaâ€™s Tegra 3, a quad-core processor.
â€œPerformance matters a lot for games andadvanced applications,â€ said Brookwood, who heads the Insight64 consultancy. â€œThere will clearlybe an advantage to having quad-core there for gaming and to the extent thatmore websites move to HTML5, something both Apple and Microsoft are promoting,you want more horsepower under the hood.â€
If the A5X photo is real, the logic board showsa pair of 16 GB flash memory chips from Hynix, notes MacRumors, and a rectangular Apple-branded chip.
There is no official word from Apple as to whether the iPad 3, or whatever it ends up being called, is even in the works,but numerous reports from supply chain partners and others indicate that Appleis far a long on the successor to its best-selling iPad 2, which many expect tobe unveiled at an event in San Francisco on March 7.
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