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A7
General Info
DesignerApple
ManufacturerSamsung
MarketMobile, Embedded
IntroductionSeptember 10, 2013 (announced)
September 20, 2013 (launched)
General Specs
FamilyAx
Frequency1,400 MHz
Microarchitecture
ISAARMv8 (ARM)
MicroarchitectureCyclone
Core NameCyclone
Process28 nm
TechnologyCMOS
Die102 mm²
Word Size64 bit
Cores2
Threads2
Multiprocessing
Max SMP1-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).

Utilizing devices

  • iPhone 5S
  • iPad Air
  • iPad Mini 2
  • iPad Mini 3
Facts about "A7 - Apple"
base frequency1,400 MHz (1.4 GHz, 1,400,000 kHz) +
core count2 +
core nameCyclone +
designerApple +
die area102 mm² (0.158 in², 1.02 cm², 102,000,000 µm²) +
familyAx +
first announcedSeptember 10, 2013 +
first launchedSeptember 20, 2013 +
full page nameapple/ax/a7 +
instance ofmicroprocessor +
isaARMv8 +
isa familyARM +
ldateSeptember 20, 2013 +
manufacturerSamsung +
market segmentMobile + and Embedded +
max cpu count1 +
microarchitectureCyclone +
nameA7 +
process28 nm (0.028 μm, 2.8e-5 mm) +
smp max ways1 +
technologyCMOS +
thread count2 +
used byiPhone 5S +, iPad Air +, iPad Mini 2 + and iPad Mini 3 +
word size64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) +