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SubjectRe: Google's answer to the iPad3 has just arrived...
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Date11/01/2012 12:12 (11/01/2012 04:12)
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Followupsed (5h & 22m) > KDT

On Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:19:43 AM UTC-4, ed wrote:

We will see when the benchmarks come out....

ed
=20 =20 =20 the t604 is a better class, higher clocked fpu, with more cores, than the=

mali 400, which is known to be an excellent gpu. saying that we'll wait f= or benchmarks to see if it has good peformance is like saying we'll need to= wait for benchmarks to see if a new quad core 3ghz xeon mac pro has better= performance than an old core duo mac.

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----- Because it's not like a flagship Android tablet (i.e. the Xoom) has ever be= nched slower than an iPad even with a faster CPU.

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Without actually seeing the display, or knowing anything about the =

graphics performance?

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we know the mali t604 is fast...

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And we also know that the Dalvik VM can suck performance out of the fas=

test chips....

=20 =20 =20 not really.

http://techztalk.com/techwebsite/03-19-11-apple-a5-processor-smokes-nvidia-= tegra-2-chip

And yes Linpack does use Dalvik...

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1562/4/

You wouldn't happen to be one of those people who think Java can run "just = as fast as native" would you? I thought those people died out over a deca= de ago.

ed (5h & 22m) > KDT