The figures I always hear say that the Cortex-A9 will scale up to 2 GHz if you go for the least power-efficient settings, and that somewhere around 1 GHz would

The figures I always hear say that the Cortex-A9 will scale up to 2 GHz if you go for the least power-efficient settings, and that somewhere around 1 GHz would probably be more typical of real use. It looks like the obvious fit for the Apple Tablet, by the way. It's fast enough to compete head-on with Intel chips while taking it easy on the batteries. Apple bought PA Semi, and has made custom ARM-based chips before. This would be a competitive advantage that other companies would have trouble duplicating, and for that reason alone I think Apple would go for it.