Job Listing Hints at More Powerful Processor in Future iPhones
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A recent Apple job listing sheds light on possible hardware that will deliver a significant performance boost for upcoming iPhone models.
Apple is hiring a low-level iPhone programmer who is familiar with the ARM mobile-processor architecture and NEON vector processing. NEON refers to the vector unit in ARMv7 Cortex processors — an improvement from the current iPhone’s ARMv6-based processors.
According to ARM, ARMv7 Cortex processors will deliver a significant performance boost to accelerate 3D gaming, speech processing, audio decoding, image processing, telephony and sound synthesis.
Because the programmer position is unfilled, it’s unclear whether this processor will appear in Apple’s next iPhone, which many are predicting will be announced at June’s Worldwide Developer Conference. Apple has made no official announcements about a third-generation iPhone.
Job Listing [Apple via MacRumors]
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