Apple A7

Apple A7

File:Apple A7 Chip.jpg The A7 processor
General information
Launched	September 2013
Discontinued	Present
Designed by	Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer	Samsung
Product code	S5L8960X
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	1.7 GHz dual-core
Cache
L1 cache	32 KB per core
L2 cache	1 MB
Architecture and classification
Technology node	32 nm
Microarchitecture	Swift; ARMv7-A compatible
Instruction set	ARMv8
Physical specifications
Cores	2
History
Predecessor	Apple A6

The Apple A7 is a 64-bit system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. that drives the iPhone 5s which was introduced on September 10, 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.

Design

The A7 is using the Apple-designed 64-bit ARMv8 based dual-core CPU and an integrated graphics processing unit (GPU). The ARMv8 microarchitecture doubles the number of registers of the A7 compared to the A6. The A7 includes over 1 billion transistors on a die 102 mm² in size.

Apple M7

The Apple M7 is the motion co-processor.

Products that include the Apple A7

• iPhone 5s

See also

• Apple system on chips, the series of ARM based system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors designed by Apple for their consumer electronic devices.