Apple iPad uses PowerVR SGX Graphics Hardware

Feb 25, 2010 Netbooks

Apple has confirmed the news that their much-awaited iPad will use the PowerVR SGX Graphics Hardware. Though it doesn’t come as a surprise to us, we were still not clear as it was just a rumor before when the information was leaked. This is the same graphics chip that is used in Apple’s other devices notably the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The rumor has been confirmed by Apple’s latest iPad SDK Beta 3 documentation but it is still unclear on exactly which chip it will be using.

The document stated that the iPad’s OpenGL ES is alike to the one found on iPhone OS devices. It has also been said that the iPad is a PowerVR SGX device and it supports the same basic capabilities as other SGX devices. What will be different on the iPad from the other Apple’s devices are the processor, memory architecture, and screen dimensions. The excitement just keeps getting higher and higher by waiting for the launch of this device.