Editing apple/ax/a12 (section)

== Overview ==
[[File:apple a12 chip announcement.png|thumb|150px|right|A12 announcement]]
Fabricated on [[TSMC]] [[7 nm process]] and integrating 6.9 billion [[transistors]], the A12 features two [[big cores|big]] {{apple|Vortex|l=arch}} cores operating at up to 2.4 GHz along with four [[little cores|little]] {{apple|Tempest|l=arch}} high-efficiency cores. Apple claims the big cores are up to 15% faster than the one in the {{\\|A11}} while being up to 40% more efficient. For the four high-efficiency cores, Apple claims up to 50% higher efficiency. Note that all six cores can operate concurrently. 

The A12 features an Apple-designed graphics processor that is said to deliver up to 50% higher performance as well as a [[neural processor]] capable of peak performance of 5 TOPS (int8).


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core count	6 +
core name	Vortex +, Tempest + and Chinook +
designer	Apple +
die area	83.27 mm² (0.129 in², 0.833 cm², 83,270,000 µm²) +
die length	9.89 mm (0.989 cm, 0.389 in, 9,890 µm) +
die width	8.42 mm (0.842 cm, 0.331 in, 8,420 µm) +
family	Ax +
first announced	September 12, 2018 +
first launched	September 21, 2018 +
full page name	apple/ax/a12 +
instance of	microprocessor +
isa	ARMv8.3 +
isa family	ARM +
ldate	September 21, 2018 +
manufacturer	TSMC +
market segment	Mobile + and Embedded +
max cpu count	1 +
microarchitecture	Vortex + and Tempest +
model number	A12 Bionic +
name	A12 Bionic +
part number	APL1W81 + and T8020 +
process	7 nm (0.007 μm, 7.0e-6 mm) +
smp max ways	1 +
technology	CMOS +
thread count	6 +
transistor count	6,900,000,000 +
used by	iPhone XR +, iPhone XS +, iPhone XS Max +, iPad Mini 2019 +, iPad Air 2019 +, iPad 2020 +, Apple TV 2021 + and iPad (8th Generation) +
word size	64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) +