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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Label Occurrences
Apple A6 canonical 4
Apple A6 processor 1

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Statements (46)

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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ