According to the developers who created the ZiPhone unlocking utility, the latest iPhone SDK beta reveals Infineon Technologies' S-Gold 3 chip set has headed to the iPhone. This chip supports WCDMA co-processors for bringing 3G cellular-wireless technology to the iPhone—a feature long-expected in the next-gen iPhone model.

The S-Gold 3 also supports up to 5-megapixel cameras (the iPhone today tops out at 2 megapixels) and other advanced multimedia functions. "Even the most performance-greedy applications such as video telephony and 3D graphics can easily be handled without additional hardware," according an Infineon data sheet about the S-Gold 3 chip set, cited in article by ComputerWorld.

Technology Business Research analyst Ezra Gottheil believes Apple's gearing up to push its upcoming next-gen iPhone, possibly arriving this summer, hard. A much rumored 10 million 3G-iPhone order makes perfect sense to him.

[via ComputerWorld]