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A12 Bionic - Apple
| Edit Values | |
| A12 Bionic | |
| General Info | |
| Designer | Apple |
| Manufacturer | TSMC |
| Model Number | A12 Bionic |
| Market | Mobile, Embedded |
| Introduction | September 12, 2017 (announced) September 21, 2017 (launched) |
| General Specs | |
| Family | Ax |
| Microarchitecture | |
| ISA | ARMv8.3 (ARM) |
| Microarchitecture | Vortex, Tempest |
| Core Name | Vortex, Tempest |
| Process | 7 nm |
| Transistors | 6,900,000,000 |
| Technology | CMOS |
| Word Size | 64 bit |
| Cores | 6 |
| Threads | 6 |
| Multiprocessing | |
| Max SMP | 1-Way (Uniprocessor) |
A12 Bionic is a 64-bit hexa-core ARM performance mobile system on a chip introduced by Apple in late 2018 as a successor to the A11.
Facts about "A12 Bionic - Apple"
| 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) + |