Apple A8

Apple A8

General information
Marketed by	Apple
Announced	September 2014
Manufactured by	TSMC ("20 nm")
Specifications
CPU(s)	2 2x Apple Typhoon @ 1.5 GHz
GPU	4x PowerVR GXA6450 @ 533 MHz
RAM	LPDDR3-1600
Modem	not available
Architecture and classification
Application	Premium mobile
Process node	20 nm
Architecture	ARM
Microarchitecture	Apple Typhoon
Instruction set	ARMv8.0-A (64-bit)
Cache
Cache L1	64 KiB + 64 KiB
Cache L2	1 MB
Cache L3	4 MB
Identification
Model(s)	APL1011
Marketing name(s)	Apple A8
Core name(s)	Apple Typhoon
History
Predecessor	Apple A7
Successor	Apple A9

Apple A8 is a premium mobile processor from Apple, announced on September 9, 2014, and released on September 19, 2014.

Devices

• Apple iPhone 6
• Apple iPhone 6 Plus
• Apple iPod Touch 6
• Apple iPad Mini 4
• Apple TV 4
• Apple HomePod

Apple processors [e]
Mobile	Apple A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 Pro A18 (A18 Pro)
PC	Apple M1 (Pro, Max, Ultra) Apple M2 (Pro, Max, Ultra) Apple M3 (Pro, Max) Apple M4
Tablet	Apple A5X A6X A8X A9X A10X A12X/A12Z
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