Apple's A8 Processor to Remain Dual-Core, Top 2 GHz?

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Posted July 11, 2014 at 2:49pm by iClarified

Apple's next generation processor rumored to power the iPhone 6 and future iOS devices will remain dual core, but feature clock speeds at 2GHz or more. The current iPhone 5s features an A7 processor that clocks at 1.3 Ghz, while the iPad Air's A7 is clocked at 1.4GHz.

The chip will obviously keep the the 64-bit architecture, but contrary to earlier reports, it will remain dual-core instead of the anticipated quad-core chip. According to Chinese media, the A8 will be manufactured using a 20nm process instead of a 28nm process. Previous reports have had the A8's clock-speed at 2.6GHz.

Back in February it was suggested that Apple would not integrate an LTE modem into the A8 processor and instead rely on Qualcomm's external chip. Integrating its own LTE modem would help Apple further optimize the chip for iOS.

TSMC and Samsung are reportedly the primary manufacturer of the new A8 Chip, and while many new smartphones are shipping with quad-core processors, Apple's ability to use custom-designed processors that are optimized for iOS may prove just as powerful.

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Apple's A8 Processor to Remain Dual-Core, Top 2 GHz?

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Ankos - July 15, 2014 at 8:41pm

I hope this is not true. Lesser-core can be useful to burst in speed... On a single process. When it comes to multitasking(which most ppl commonly use for) quadcore is an ideal. Also theres no clockspeed difference between dual and quad now so why even bother thinking of dualcore?? Unless we are talking quad and hexa core..

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gamerscul9870 - July 15, 2014 at 9:06pm

Remember how s4 has 4tb of ram and doesn't outpace iPhones after 4s? I am saying that dual core doesn't mean less power, besides some parts are for making stuff efficient on battery.

Head Jobs - July 12, 2014 at 2:24am

Theres no need to get into my dick is bigger than your dick its quality not quantity that makes iPhone 5s the worlds biggest seller oh yeah

Chicly - July 11, 2014 at 6:54pm

Dual core have less power consumption than quad and octal core, but performance is the key.

df68315 - July 11, 2014 at 5:55pm

2004 called, They want there dual core processor back

gamerscul9870 - July 11, 2014 at 6:15pm

2014 called, they deny it.

Great! - July 11, 2014 at 3:13pm

Apple is able to achieve a better experience because the CPU is optimised for iOS. You can't say that about Android phones and their CPUs.

gamerscul9870 - July 11, 2014 at 5:16pm

Even for performance explains it all.