iFixit iPad mini dismantling, now the Chipworks began a detailed study of the device is equipped with a variety of chips. The final course A5 processor equipped iPad mini A5 processor is Samsung's 32-nanometer process chips.
The A5 processor initially use 45-nanometer process, followed by Apple silently using the 32-nanometer production A5 processor. The first 32-nanometer A5 processor released in March this year, an updated version of the iPad 2 and the third-generation Apple TV. The 32-nanometer chip also released last month, the fifth-generation iPod touch.
We can see from this Apple's A5, second-generation A5 A5X and A6 chip comparison chart, A5 processor volume using the 32-nanometer process, only 60% of the 45-nanometer process A5 processor. Of course, Samsung is still one of the main suppliers of the Apple A5 processor, although the news that Apple wants to switch TSMC TSMC camp, but various restrictions and low yield so Apple can not leave the Samsung.
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