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A7 - Apple
| Edit Values | |
| A7 | |
| General Info | |
| Designer | Apple |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Market | Mobile, Embedded |
| Introduction | September 10, 2013 (announced) September 20, 2013 (launched) |
| General Specs | |
| Family | Ax |
| Frequency | 1,400 MHz |
| Microarchitecture | |
| ISA | ARMv8 (ARM) |
| Microarchitecture | Cyclone |
| Core Name | Cyclone |
| Process | 28 nm |
| Technology | CMOS |
| Die | 102 mm² |
| Word Size | 64 bit |
| Cores | 2 |
| Threads | 2 |
| Multiprocessing | |
| Max SMP | 1-Way (Uniprocessor) |
| Succession | |
Apple A7, also known as Apple H6, is codenamed Alcatraz.
It's the first ARM64 chip to be released, and contains the Apple Cyclone CPU core.
Misc blocks including the SEP run on Kingfisher cores (also known as ARM Cortex-A7).
Facts about "A7 - Apple"
| base frequency | 1,400 MHz (1.4 GHz, 1,400,000 kHz) + |
| core count | 2 + |
| core name | Cyclone + |
| designer | Apple + |
| die area | 102 mm² (0.158 in², 1.02 cm², 102,000,000 µm²) + |
| family | Ax + |
| first announced | September 10, 2013 + |
| first launched | September 20, 2013 + |
| full page name | apple/ax/a7 + |
| instance of | microprocessor + |
| isa | ARMv8 + |
| isa family | ARM + |
| ldate | September 20, 2013 + |
| manufacturer | Samsung + |
| market segment | Mobile + and Embedded + |
| max cpu count | 1 + |
| microarchitecture | Cyclone + |
| name | A7 + |
| process | 28 nm (0.028 μm, 2.8e-5 mm) + |
| smp max ways | 1 + |
| technology | CMOS + |
| thread count | 2 + |
| used by | iPhone 5S +, iPad Air +, iPad Mini 2 + and iPad Mini 3 + |
| word size | 64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) + |