Apple A10 Fusion

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The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple, notable for introducing a quad-core CPU with a performance/efficiency core architecture used in devices like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile system-on-a-chip
announcementDate 2016-09-07
architecture 64-bit ARM
bigLittleStyle performance/efficiency core architecture
clockSpeedMaxPerformanceCores approximately 2.34 GHz
commercialReleaseYear 2016
coreCountEfficiency 2
coreCountPerformance 2
cpuArchitecture ARMv8-A
cpuConfiguration 2 high-performance cores and 2 energy-efficient cores
cpuCoreCount 4
designer Apple Inc. NERFINISHED
dieSize 125 mm²
efficiencyCoreCodename Zephyr NERFINISHED
family Apple A-series NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceDevice iPhone 7 NERFINISHED
iPhone 7 Plus NERFINISHED
firstAppleSoCWith heterogeneous performance/efficiency core design
quad-core CPU
foundry TSMC NERFINISHED
gpu Apple-designed 6-core GPU
gpuCoreCount 6
gpuVendor Apple Inc. NERFINISHED
integratedModem no
manufacturingProcess 16 nm FinFET
marketSegment smartphones
tablets
memoryChannels 2
memoryTypeSupported LPDDR4
notableFeature first Apple SoC to separate high-performance and high-efficiency CPU cores
significant performance per watt improvements over Apple A9
packageType PoP (package on package)
performanceCoreCodename Hurricane NERFINISHED
predecessor Apple A9 NERFINISHED
processNode 16 nm
successor Apple A11 Bionic NERFINISHED
supports Secure Enclave co-processor NERFINISHED
supportsInstructionSet ARMv8-A AArch32 NERFINISHED
ARMv8-A with AArch64 NERFINISHED
transistorCount 3.3 billion
usedFor iOS devices
usedInDevice Apple TV 4K (1st generation, as A10X variant) NERFINISHED
iPad (6th generation) NERFINISHED
iPad (7th generation) NERFINISHED
iPad (8th generation) NERFINISHED
iPhone 7 NERFINISHED
iPhone 7 Plus NERFINISHED
iPod touch (7th generation) NERFINISHED
wordSize 64-bit

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Apple A-series includesModel Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A11 Bionic predecessor Apple A10 Fusion