Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a custom-designed 32-bit system-on-a-chip used in devices like the iPhone 5 and 5C, notable for being Apple’s first CPU core designed entirely in-house.

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Apple A6 canonical 4
Apple A6 processor 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf system-on-a-chip
applicationDomain smartphones
tablet computers
architecture ARMv7-A
bitWidth 32-bit
category mobile processor
clockSpeed approximately 1.3 GHz
coreCount 2
cpuCore Swift
cpuCoreDesign Apple in-house custom design
cpuType dual-core
designer Apple Inc.
dieSize approximately 97 mm²
fabricationProcess 32 nm HKMG CMOS
family Apple Ax series
firstFullyCustomCpuCoreBy Apple Inc.
firstUsedIn iPhone 5
foundry Samsung Electronics
linked to: Samsung
gpu PowerVR SGX543MP3
linked to: Imagination PowerVR
gpuDesigner Imagination Technologies
instructionSet ARMv7-A
integrates CPU
GPU
image signal processor
memory controller
introductionDate September 12, 2012
marketedBy Apple Inc.
notableFor being Apple’s first fully custom CPU core design
packageType PoP (Package on Package)
performanceComparedToAppleA5 significantly higher
powerEfficiencyComparedToPredecessor improved
predecessor Apple A5
processNode 32 nm
releaseYear 2012
successor Apple A7
supports ARMv7-A instruction set
ARMv7s variant used by Apple
NEON
Thumb-2
VFPv4
targetPlatform iOS
technologyNode 32 nm
usedIn consumer electronics
usedInDevice iPad (4th generation)
iPhone 5
iPhone 5c

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Apple A-series includesModel Apple A6
Apple A5 successor Apple A6
Apple A7 predecessor Apple A6
Johny Srouji notableWork Apple A6 processor
linked to: Apple A6
iPhone 5 systemOnChip Apple A6