The Apple A6 SOC: Cortex A15 Hits The Market

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"The Apple A6 actually appears to be the first “official” Cortex A15

SOC in mass production. Samsung Exynos 4 Dual and Quads are based on

Cortex A9, and the upcoming Exynos 5 Dual is Cortex A15 but not

released as of yet. Qualcomm has a hybrid style design that is

entirely homebrewed, and it can be viewed as a Cortex A9+ which

mirrors some processing features of the A15. Codenamed Krait, this

product is more advanced than an A9, but it is not completely an A15

SOC. The Cortex A15 is a more powerful Cortex variant that can

achieve higher throughput and clockspeeds than previous A series

chips."

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Apple-A6-SOC-Cortex-A15-Hits-Market

 

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