Seventeen days to go still before the real information will be released the specs for the new iPad. Until then, the rumor mill is in full swing.

The above photo, taken by Sas126 and posted to the Chinese website, Weiphone, indicates that the new iPad 3 chipset will include the A5X chip, not the rumored power hungry quad-core A6.

The photos shows a stamp of 1146 which represents the date it was supposedly manufactured; the 46th week of last year or somewhere around November 14-20, 2011.

The iPad 3 is rumored to also have an 8MP camera and a 9.7-inch 2048×1536 pixel display.