March 17, 2011
iPad 2 specs determined!
Anandtech has concluded that the iPad 2's GPU (graphics processing unit) is the PowerVR SGX543MP2 dual-core GPU. This GPU has more than 2x the computing horsepower of the iPad 1's, two cores instead of one, and 4x as many pipes. Apple claims that the iPad 2 has 9x better graphics performance than its predecessor, which doesn't seem unreasonable considering these findings. It has also been found that the iPad 2's Cortex A9 (dubbed the Apple A5) processor runs at 900MHz, close to Apple's claimed 1GHz (1000MHz)