Archos - which is fine - announced last week that his "generation" 9 tablets used in some cases an ARM processor at 1.6 GHz with two cores. It speaks of a type model Cortex A9, while the shelves of generation 8 Cortex A8 uses a 1 GHz, as many shelves today: the iPad Galaxy Tab and use this type of core.
Lais that produces Cortex A9 at this frequency? For now, nobody. The current implementation is the fastest of Renesas, a dual core Cortex A9 at 1.2 GHz. According to early sources, that Texas Instruments chip that would provide the new Archos, scheduled for June. We can assume it will be a OMAP4 SoC, which combines two cores with a GPU Cortex A9 PowerVR SGX540.
A OMAP4 etched 28 nm? Currently, OMAP44xx is etched into 45 nm and reached 1 GHz. But Texas Instruments, in addition to providing a OMAP5 in 28 nm, could do the same thing with the OMAP3: providing a die shrink of current SoC to become more frequent and occupy the land. The company could release a OMAP46xx engraved in 28 nm and capable of 1.6 GHz, as it did with OMAP36xx, 45 nm version of the 34xx.
Remains to be seen whether the production lines in 28 nm will be ready in June, the date announced by Archos for its new generation, and if the price of chips will not be a deterrent. 
Lais that produces Cortex A9 at this frequency? For now, nobody. The current implementation is the fastest of Renesas, a dual core Cortex A9 at 1.2 GHz. According to early sources, that Texas Instruments chip that would provide the new Archos, scheduled for June. We can assume it will be a OMAP4 SoC, which combines two cores with a GPU Cortex A9 PowerVR SGX540.
A OMAP4 etched 28 nm? Currently, OMAP44xx is etched into 45 nm and reached 1 GHz. But Texas Instruments, in addition to providing a OMAP5 in 28 nm, could do the same thing with the OMAP3: providing a die shrink of current SoC to become more frequent and occupy the land. The company could release a OMAP46xx engraved in 28 nm and capable of 1.6 GHz, as it did with OMAP36xx, 45 nm version of the 34xx.
Remains to be seen whether the production lines in 28 nm will be ready in June, the date announced by Archos for its new generation, and if the price of chips will not be a deterrent.
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