Imagination Technologies announced a new multi-core processor called ‘PowerVX SGX543 ³ that could land in the next-generation iPhone this summer. Imagination manufactures the PowerVR MBX chip found in the current iPhone.
According to Imagination CEO Hossein Yassaie the new chip is designed to scale from two to sixteen cores without increasing performance challenges for developers and offers both OpenGL ES and OpenCL support.
It doesn ‘t seem like that long to me that we ‘ve had mutli-core processors in our desktop and laptop machines “ so the prospect of multi-core power in the iPhone blows me away a little. I imagine the implications of this for games developers, for developers in general, for background apps and video recording and just all-around kicking arse and taking names on the iPhone are pretty huge.
Check out Jason D. O’Grady ‘s post over at The Apple Core for lots more detail on this
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