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Beamer,

I think the rumors of a 2GHz Cyclone core pointed to what Apple was targeting.

Where were these rumors coming from? That's ridiculous on its face.

No way Apple can bump up the speed of the core from 1.3 GHz (iPhone 5S) or 1.4 GHz (iPad Air) to 2.0 GHz without completely rearchitecting the core with "hyperpipeling" in the style of Pentium 4.

Process isn't going to do it alone. Obviously not. Even if the foundries have processes that match up to Intel's in terms of yield and quality, there was no way Apple would have reached 2 GHz.

I don't even expect the next iPad (iPad Air 2? iPad Dare?) to reach 2 GHz.

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