Siapa Pembuat Prosesor A7 dan M7 di iPhone 5s?

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Samsung.

Diketahui lewat inspeksi dan pengujian oleh Chipworks (via TechCrunch), mereka mengkonfirmasi bahwa pembuat chip dengan kernel 64-bit tersebut adalah Samsung, bukan TSMC seperti yang banyak diberitakan beberapa waktu lalu.

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We have confirmed through early analysis that the device is fabricated at Samsung’s Foundry and we will confirm process type and node later today as analysis continues. That being said, we suspect we will see Samsungs 28 nm Hi K metal Gate (HKMG) being used. We have observed this same process in the Samsung Exynos Application processor used in the Galaxy S IV. Our engineers will be deprocessing the Apple A7 as soon as they can to confirm this or to provide different information.

Menariknya, Chipworks juga memberikan konfirmasinya bahwa chip M7 bukan dibuat oleh Samsung, dan bukan produk yang hadir dengan merek Apple, melainkan NXP.

Luckily, we’ve been able to locate the M7 in the form the NXP LPC18A1. The LPC1800 series are high-performing Cortx-M3 based microcontrollers. This represents a big win for NXP. We had anticipated the M7 to be an NXP device based on input from industry analysts and our partners and we are happy to see this to be the case.

The M7 is dedicated to processing and translating the inputs provided to it by the discrete sensors; the gyroscope, accelerometer and electro magnetic compass mounted throughout the main printed circuit board.

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