The Apple A10X Fusion is a 64-bit computing, 64-bit ARMv8-A, ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and manufactured by TSMC. It first appeared in the 10.5" iPad Pro and the second-generation 12.9" iPad Pro, which were both announced on June 5, 2017. The A10X is a variant of the Apple A10, A10 and Apple claims that it has 30 percent faster CPU performance and 40 percent faster GPU performance than its predecessor, the Apple A9X, A9X.

Design

The A10X features an Apple-designed 64-bit 2.38 GHz ARMv8-A six-core CPU, with three high-performance Hurricane cores and three energy-efficient Zephyr cores. The A10X also integrates a twelve-core graphics processing unit (GPU) which appears to be the same Apple customized Imagination Technologies, Imagination PowerVR cores used in the Apple A10 , A10. Embedded in the A10X is the M10 Apple motion coprocessors, motion coprocessor. Built on TSMC's 10 nm FinFET process with a die size of 96.4mm², the A10X is 34% smaller than the Apple A9X , A9X and is the smallest iPad SoC. The A10X is the first TSMC 10nm chip to be used by a consumer device. The A10X is paired with 4 GB of LPDDR4 memory in the second-generation 12.9" iPad Pro and the 10.5" iPad Pro, and 3 GB in the 4K Apple TV. The A10X has video codec encoding support for Advanced Video Coding, H.264. It has decoding support for High Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG‑4, and Motion JPEG.

Products that include the Apple A10X

* iPad Pro (2nd generation), iPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017) * iPad Pro (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation, 2017) * Apple TV#4K (1st generation), Apple TV 4K (2017)

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Design

Products that include the Apple A10X

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