Tablet--Processor

The processor has always been one of the most important parts of any tablet. The majority of the popular and successful tablets we see today are based on either Qualcomm’s Snapdragon or ARM’s Cortex A8 processors. Apple’s recent creations the iPhone 4, iPad, iPod Touch 4G are all powered by the Apple A4 processor, which is basically a Cortex A8 processor along with a PowerVR graphics solution embedded within it. Dell’s Streak on the other hand is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. As expected, CES 2011 saw loads of tablets being announced and the trend seems to drifting in NVIDIA’s direction. Dual core processing is looking to be the future as everyone from LG to Notion Ink are going to be launching upgraded tablets running the Tegra 250 processor. All these are after all, the ARM architecture. ARM in the last year or so, has very cleverly and stealthily run away with the market, while most other companies underestimated the tablet craze.