iOS5.1 code shows next-generation iPhone with 4-core CPU

January 11 news, according to technology website BGR reports, Apple's next iPhone and iPad and other devices may use a new quad-core processor instead of the current dual-core A5 processor.

The 9to5Mac website recently found some code in Apple's latest version of the iOS system. These codes point to quad-core processors. For the processor used by Apple in the single-core era, the comment for the iOS system code is "cores/core. 0". In iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4S and iPad 2, the relevant code is "cores/core." ". In the iOS 5.1 program code, "cores/core.3" appears, which means that the next generation iPhone and iPad use a quad-core CPU.

According to this rule, it is clear that the three-core CPU represented by "cores/core.2" will obviously not appear in smart phones. Apple may use quad-core A6 chips in its third-generation iPad and sixth-generation iPhone (the iPhone 4S is fifth-generation), and these devices may be available later this year.