Apple A6

Apple A6
	The A6 processor
General information
Launched	September 21, 2012
Discontinued	September 9, 2015 (February 17, 2016 India)
Designed by	Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer(s)	Samsung;
Product code	S5L8950X
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	1.3 GHz
Cache
L1 cache	32 KB instruction + 32 KB data
L2 cache	1 MB
Architecture and classification
Application	Mobile
Technology node	32 nm
Microarchitecture	Swift
Instruction set	ARMv7-A: ARM, Thumb-2 with "armv7s" extensions (integer division, VFPv4, Advanced SIMDv2)
Physical specifications
Cores	2;
GPU(s)	PowerVR SGX543MP3 (triple-core)
Products, models, variants
Variant(s)	Apple A6X;
History
Predecessor(s)	Apple A5
Successor(s)	Apple A7

The Apple A6 is a 32-bit package on package (PoP) system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. that was introduced on September 12, 2012, at the launch of the iPhone 5. Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared with its predecessor, the Apple A5.^[8] Software updates for devices using this chip ceased in 2019, with the release of iOS 10.3.4 on the iPhone 5 as it was discontinued with the release of iOS 11 in 2017.

^ Satpathy, Sambit (February 17, 2016). "Apple iPhone 4s, iPhone 5c finally discontinued in India: Report". BGR.in. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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^ Cite error: The named reference Engadget-A6-1.3GHz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference A6NamedSwift was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Chipworks-A6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "A few things iOS developers ought to know about the ARM architecture – Wandering Coder". Archived from the original on 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
^ Cite error: The named reference AnandTechDieShot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Apple Introduces iPhone 5" (Press release). Apple. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2023-12-10.

[1] Satpathy, Sambit (February 17, 2016). "Apple iPhone 4s, iPhone 5c finally discontinued in India: Report". BGR.in. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.

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[6] "A few things iOS developers ought to know about the ARM architecture – Wandering Coder". Archived from the original on 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-03.

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[ApplePR-8] "Apple Introduces iPhone 5" (Press release). Apple. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2023-12-10.

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