Little or nothing is known about the "S1" processor chip in the Apple Watch, and we expect little considering that most of the work is done by the iPhone to which it is paired. However, it is a curious issue to know how powerful it is, considering how small the device and its battery are. IOS developer Steve Troughton Smith sheds some light on this on Twitter.
As the developer says, the processor seems to match in power to the A5 chip of the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, however we are not talking about raw power, but only in the graphic section. Later Steve went on to discuss about the GPU architecture of it, saying the following:
All Apple Watch Skins are programmed in a unique framework called NanoTimeKit. The OpenGL processor is what makes the Mickey Mouse skin work.
Much has been speculated since he gave this information about the name of the framework used, and it seems that the one that makes the most sense is that the iPod Nano is the first device that Apple tried to sell as a watch with that strap that allowed it to be placed on your wrist and your watch screensaver.
It seems a bit difficult today to determine the exact power of the processor, but if something is very clear, it is that it depends on a large part of the iPhone linked without which it is practically a very expensive digital watch, but it was something that we already expected, and thanks to which it will be possible to increase the battery life and the quality of the processing, although it remains to be seen how it affects the capabilities of the iPhone and the battery consumption of the same. be continuously connected to the Apple Watch.
It seems to me that there is an error, the A5 is not the iPhone 4 but the 4S. 🙂