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Apple A9

The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series. Manufactured for Apple by both TSMC and Samsung, it first appeared in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus which were introduced on September 9, 2015. Apple states that it has 70% more CPU performance and 90% more graphics performance compared to its…

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Victim cacheKBL2 cacheMBPowerVR Series7XT @ 650 MHz GPU
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64-bitARM-basedSystem-on-chipApple Inc.Apple silicon
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Application
Mobile
Common manufacturer
TSMC, Samsung
Cores
2
Designed by
Apple Inc.
Discontinued
September 12, 2018
GPU
Custom PowerVR Series 7XT (six-core) @ 650MHz

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Apple A9

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples34
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Apple A9

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related to Dual sourcing (Chipgate) · 12
Apple A9 → APL0898, APL1022, Apple, CPU, FinFET, October, Samsung, Samsung-fabricated A9, The Samsung, There, TSMC, TSMC-fabricated
see also · 3
Apple A9 → Apple, Apple A9X, ARM-based
Application · 1
Apple A9 → Mobile
Common manufacturer · 1
Apple A9 → TSMC, Samsung
Cores · 1
Apple A9 → 2
Designed by · 1
Apple A9 → Apple Inc.
Discontinued · 1
Apple A9 → September 12, 2018
GPU · 1
Apple A9 → Custom PowerVR Series 7XT (six-core) @ 650MHz
Instruction set · 1
Apple A9 → ARMv8-A: A64, A32, T32
L1 cache · 1
Apple A9 → Per core: 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data

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apple a9 iphone 6s tsmc samsung plus cpu se designed a8 discontinued memory performance inc data 16 ipad microarchitecture features

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Apple A9ApplicationMobile1.00infobox
Apple A9Common manufacturerTSMC, Samsung1.00infobox
Apple A9Cores21.00infobox
Apple A9Designed byApple Inc.1.00infobox
Apple A9DiscontinuedSeptember 12, 20181.00infobox
Apple A9GPUCustom PowerVR Series 7XT (six-core) @ 650MHz1.00infobox
Apple A9Instruction setARMv8-A: A64, A32, T321.00infobox
Apple A9L1 cachePer core: 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data1.00infobox
Apple A9L2 cache3 MB shared1.00infobox
Apple A9L3 cache4 MB shared1.00infobox
Apple A9LaunchedSeptember 9, 20151.00infobox
Apple A9Max. CPU clock rate1.85 GHz (iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPad 9.7 2017)1.00infobox
Apple A9MicroarchitectureTwister1.00infobox
Apple A9PredecessorsApple A8 (iPhone) Apple A8X (iPad)1.00infobox
Apple A9Product codeAPL0898, APL10221.00infobox
Apple A9SuccessorsApple A10 Fusion (iPhone) Apple A10X Fusion (iPad)1.00infobox
Apple A9Technology node14 nm (Samsung 14LPE), 16 nm (TSMC 16FFC)1.00infobox
Apple A9VariantApple A9X1.00infobox
Apple A9is a64-bit ARM-based system-on-chip0.90text

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