| Produced-start | June 13, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Produced-end | April 20, 2021 |
| Fastest | 2.38 |
| Fast-unit | GHz[1] |
| Size-from | 10FF nm[2] |
| Designfirm | Apple Inc. |
| Manuf 1 | TSMC[2] |
| Arch | ARMv8.1-A: A64, A32, T32 |
| Microarch | Hurricane and Zephyr |
| Code | APL1071[3] |
| Numcores | 6 (ARM big.LITTLE: 3× Hurricane + 3× Zephyr) [2] |
| L1cache | Per core: 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data[4] |
| L2cache | 8 MB shared[4] |
| Gpu | 12 core[5] |
| Application | Mobile |
| Predecessor | Apple A9X |
| Successor | Apple A12X Bionic |
| Variant | Apple A10 Fusion, Apple T2 |
The Apple A10X Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series, and manufactured by TSMC. It first appeared in the 10.5" iPad Pro and the second-generation 12.9" iPad Pro which were both announced on June 5, 2017.[6] It was also used in the Apple TV 4K (first generation). The A10X is a variant of the A10 and Apple claims that it has 30 percent faster CPU performance and 40 percent faster GPU performance than its predecessor, the A9X.[6]
The final software update for the iPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017) and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation, 2017) variants of this chip was iPadOS 17.7.10. The Apple TV 4K (first generation, 2017) variant continues to be supported with tvOS 26.
Design
The A10X features an Apple-designed 64-bit 2.38 GHz[1] ARMv8-A six-core CPU, with three high-performance Hurricane cores and three energy-efficient Zephyr cores.[5][2] The A10X also integrates a twelve-core graphics processing unit (GPU)[5] which appears to be the same Apple customized Imagination PowerVR cores used in the A10.[7] Embedded in the A10X is the M10 motion coprocessor.[8]
Built on TSMC's 10 nm FinFET process[7] with a die size of 96.4mm2, the A10X is 34% smaller than the A9X and was the smallest iPad SoC upon its release.[2] The A10X is the first TSMC 10nm chip to be used by a consumer device.[2]
The A10X is paired with 4 GB of LPDDR4 memory in the second-generation 12.9" iPad Pro[9] and the 10.5" iPad Pro,[3] and 3 GB in the Apple TV 4K.[10]
The A10X has video codec encoding support for H.264. It has decoding support for HEVC,[11] H.264, MPEG-4, and Motion JPEG.[12]
Products that include the Apple A10X
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017)
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation, 2017)
- Apple TV 4K (first generation, 2017)
See also
- Apple silicon, the series of ARM-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors designed by Apple.
- Apple A10 Fusion
References
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- ^ Wei, Andy (June 29, 2017). "10 nm Process Rollout Marching Right Along". TechInsights. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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- ^ "10.5-inch and 12.9-inch 2017 iPad Pro FAQ: Everything you need to know!". iMore. Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
- ^ "Apple TV 4K Teardown". iFixit. September 25, 2017. Archived September 26, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ Thomson, Gavin. "Introducing HEIF and HEVC". Apple. pp. Slide 71 of presentation. Archived 27 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "iPad Pro (10.5-inch) - Technical Specifications". support.apple.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.