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== Features ==
 
== Features ==
Each revision is an [[wikipedia:ARM architecture|ARM]] [[wikipedia:System on a chip|SoC]] tailored to the device's needs. Up through the [[S5L8922]] for the [[n18ap|iPod touch 3G]], all [[#Main Page#Application Processors|revisions]] were ''altered'' versions of existing ARM processors. With the [[S5L8930]] (A4), Apple decided to start to ''design'' their own chips with a built in [[wikipedia:Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] and a built in [[wikipedia:Graphics processing unit|GPU]] allowing for up to (purportedly) 9x faster graphics.
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Each revision is an [[wikipedia:ARM architecture|ARM]] [[wikipedia:System on a chip|SoC]] tailored to the device's needs. All of Apple's SoC platforms have proprietary PowerVR graphics, public key encryption accelerators, hardware crypto and so on. The cores are mainly generic ARM ones, however, in the case of [[S5L8950|Swift]], Apple used their own core design, compatible with ARMv7-A architecture and VFPv4 floating point.
   
 
== Processor List ==
 
== Processor List ==

Revision as of 15:41, 18 August 2013

The application processor is the technical term given to a processor of an iDevice. There have been many incarnations of processors for Apple's mobile devices.

Features

Each revision is an ARM SoC tailored to the device's needs. All of Apple's SoC platforms have proprietary PowerVR graphics, public key encryption accelerators, hardware crypto and so on. The cores are mainly generic ARM ones, however, in the case of Swift, Apple used their own core design, compatible with ARMv7-A architecture and VFPv4 floating point.

Processor List

See Also