Apple A10 Fusion

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The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple, notable for introducing a quad-core CPU with a performance/efficiency core architecture used in devices like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile system-on-a-chip
announcementDate 2016-09-07
architecture 64-bit ARM
bigLittleStyle performance/efficiency core architecture
clockSpeedMaxPerformanceCores approximately 2.34 GHz
commercialReleaseYear 2016
coreCountEfficiency 2
coreCountPerformance 2
cpuArchitecture ARMv8-A
cpuConfiguration 2 high-performance cores and 2 energy-efficient cores
cpuCoreCount 4
designer Apple Inc.
dieSize 125 mm²
efficiencyCoreCodename Zephyr
family Apple A-series
firstAppearanceDevice iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
firstAppleSoCWith heterogeneous performance/efficiency core design
quad-core CPU
foundry TSMC
gpu Apple-designed 6-core GPU
gpuCoreCount 6
gpuVendor Apple Inc.
integratedModem no
manufacturingProcess 16 nm FinFET
marketSegment smartphones
tablets
memoryChannels 2
memoryTypeSupported LPDDR4
notableFeature first Apple SoC to separate high-performance and high-efficiency CPU cores
significant performance per watt improvements over Apple A9
packageType PoP (package on package)
performanceCoreCodename Hurricane
predecessor Apple A9
processNode 16 nm
successor Apple A11 Bionic
supports Secure Enclave co-processor
linked to: Secure Enclave
supportsInstructionSet ARMv8-A AArch32
linked to: ARMv8-A

ARMv8-A with AArch64
linked to: ARMv8-A
transistorCount 3.3 billion
usedFor iOS devices
usedInDevice Apple TV 4K (1st generation, as A10X variant)
linked to: Apple TV

iPad (6th generation)
iPad (7th generation)
linked to: 7th generation iPad

iPad (8th generation)
linked to: 8th generation iPad

iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
iPod touch (7th generation)
linked to: iPod touch
wordSize 64-bit

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Apple A-series includesModel Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A11 Bionic predecessor Apple A10 Fusion
iPhone 7 systemOnChip Apple A10 Fusion
7th generation iPad chipset Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion predecessor Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A9 successor Apple A10 Fusion
iPad (6th generation) chipset Apple A10 Fusion
iPad (6th generation) CPU Apple A10 Fusion quad-core
linked to: Apple A10 Fusion
A11 Bionic predecessor Apple A10 Fusion
Johny Srouji notableWork Apple A10 Fusion processor
linked to: Apple A10 Fusion