Apple A7
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The Apple A7 is a 64-bit system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. It first appeared in the iPhone 5S, which was announced on September 10, 2013, and the iPad Air and iPad Mini 2, which were both announced on October 22, 2013. Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared to its predecessor, the Apple A6.[10] It is the first 64-bit SoC to ship in a consumer smartphone or tablet computer.[11] On March 21, 2017, the iPad mini 2 was discontinued, ending production of A7 chips. The latest software update for systems using this chip was iOS 12.5.7, released on January 23, 2023, as they were discontinued with the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 in 2019.
General information | |
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Launched | September 20, 2013 (APL0698) November 1, 2013 (APL5698) |
Discontinued | March 21, 2016 (APL5698) March 21, 2017 (APL0698) |
Designed by | Apple Inc. |
Common manufacturer(s) | |
Product code | S5L8960X[2][3] |
Performance | |
Max. CPU clock rate | 1.3 GHz[4] to 1.4 GHz[5] |
Cache | |
L1 cache | Per core: 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data[6] |
L2 cache | 1 MB shared[6] |
L3 cache | 4 MB[5] |
Architecture and classification | |
Application | Mobile |
Technology node | 28 nm[1] |
Microarchitecture | Cyclone[6] |
Instruction set | ARMv8-A:[7][8] A64, A32, T32 |
Physical specifications | |
Cores |
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GPU(s) | PowerVR G6430 (quad-core)[9] |
History | |
Predecessor(s) | Apple A6 (iPhone) Apple A6X (iPad) |
Successor(s) | Apple A8 (iPhone) Apple A8X (iPad) |