“Less than three weeks ago, Apple’s head of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller launched the surprise introduction of the new A7, including an unusual level of technical detail during the iPhone 5s event,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for AppleInsider.
“Referring to the chip has having a ’64-bit desktop class architecture’ with a ‘modern instruction set,’ Schiller noted that new chip doubled the general purpose and floating point registers over the previous A6, and contained over 1 billion transistors in a 102mm die size,” Dilger writes. “Such figures are uncommon in Apple’s media presentations; mainstream users are unlikely to know what much of it even means.”
“The A7 isn’t just faster than the previous A6; it’s faster without requiring the additional cores and ramped up clock speeds of competing chips like Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa. That contributes to faster performance in a lighter, smaller device because it doesn’t have to pack a larger battery to power a hot, high-revving brain that rapidly drains the battery,” Dilger writes. “As a result, Apple’s iPhone 5s delivers performance equal or better performance to Samsung’s latest large phablet, despite the Note 3 being equipped with twice the system RAM, a system clock running twice as fast and a battery over twice as large (3,200 mAh vs 1570 mAh in the iPhone 5s). It’s not only faster, but vastly more efficient, allowing iPhone 5s to beat the Note 3 in battery life when browsing the web over LTE.”
Much more, including benchmarks, in the full article here.
Related articles:
Outclassed, 32-bit antique dealer Qualcomm calls Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip a ‘marketing gimmick’ – October 3, 2013
Apple takes the high-end with their 64-bit A7; leaves rivals to scrap for survival in low-end – October 2, 2013
Apple’s 64-bit A7 is no gimmick: New iPhone 5s offers major performance leap – September 25, 2013
Ars Technica: Apple’s Touch ID and 64-bit A7 are deceptively large advances in the iPhone’s evolution – September 24, 2013
Apple iPhone 5s reviews are universally positive, many crown iPhone 5s the best smartphone – September 19, 2013
Engadget reviews Apple iPhone 5c: A breath of fresh air that will be wildly popular this holiday season – September 18, 2013
Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 5s is by far the fastest smartphone in the world – September 18, 2013
John Gruber reviews Apple iPhone 5s: ‘This is what innovation, real innovation, looks like’ – September 18, 2013
AnandTech reviews iPhone 5s: Apple’s 64-bit A7 is seriously impressive – September 18, 2013
TechCrunch reviews Apple iPhone 5s: The best smartphone available – September 18, 2013
USA Today’s Baig reviews Apple iPhone 5s: ‘Makes the best smartphone even better’ – September 18, 2013
Mossberg reviews Apple iPhone 5s: ‘The best smartphone on the market’ – September 18, 2013
