The Apple A8X is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series, and manufactured by TSMC.[1] It was introduced with and only used in the iPad Air 2, which was announced on October 16, 2014.[7] It is a variant of the A8 inside the iPhone 6 family of smartphones and Apple states that it has 40% more CPU performance and 2.5 times the graphics performance of its predecessor, the Apple A7.[7][8] The latest software update for the iPad Air 2 using this chip is iPadOS 15.8.2, released on March 5, 2024, as it was discontinued with the release of iPadOS 16 in 2022 due to hardware limitations of the A8X.
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The AppleA8X is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series, and manufactured by TSMC. It was introduced...
The AppleA8X is a 64-bit SoC introduced at the launch of the iPad Air 2 on October 16, 2014. It is a high performance variant of the Apple A8. Apple states...
variant of the A9 and Apple claims that it has 80% more CPU performance and twice the GPU performance of its predecessor, the A8X. The latest software...
designed by Apple. On October 16, 2014, Apple introduced a variant of the A8, the A8X, in the iPad Air 2. Compared with the A8, the A8X has an enhanced...
iPhone 6 Plus with a major change in processor to the AppleA8X, the high-end 3-core variant of the Apple A8. The iPad Air 2 has 2 GB RAM (making the iPad...
Apple A10X with on-die M10 motion co-processor Apple A11 Bionic with on-die M11 motion co-processor Apple A series Apple A7 Apple A8 AppleA8XApple A9...
The Apple A7 is a 64-bit system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series. It first appeared in the iPhone 5S, which was...
announced on October 16, 2014, and released on October 22. It used an AppleA8X chip with a 2.5× faster CPU. Its 8MP iSight Camera had 1.12-micron pixels...
with Swift cores Apple A7 – Alcatraz, with Cyclone cores Apple A8 – Fiji, with Typhoon cores AppleA8X – Capri, with Typhoon cores Apple A9 – Maui (Samsung)...
conversation. This feature is only supported with video by devices with the AppleA8X or Apple A9 chip or later; it is only supported for audio on iPhone 5s, iPhone...
the quad-core GX6450. An unannounced 8 cluster variant was used in the AppleA8X SoC for their iPad Air 2 model (released in 2014). The MediaTek MT8173...
the Mini 4 supports a dual-core A8 processor in place of the tri-core A8X. Apple claims that this processor is "1.3x faster" at CPU tasks and "1.6x faster"...
the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 4, both with an A8 or A8X SoC. This also marks the second time Apple has dropped support for older 64-bit iPads. The iPad...
user. Fingerprint data are stored on the secure enclave inside the Apple A7, A8, A8X, A9, A9X, A10, A10X, A11, A12, A12X A13, A14, A15, A16, A17 Pro processors...
and iPad Air. iOS/iPadOS 13 has limited support on devices with the A8/A8X chip (which are the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 4). However, all other devices...
2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. Smith, Ryan (11 November 2014). "Apple A8X's GPU - GAX6850, Even Better Than I Thought". AnandTech. Archived from the...
on Apple A8 SoC iPad Air 2 Apple M8 on AppleA8X SoC Apple iPhone 6s / 6s Plus Apple M9 on Apple A9 SoC iPad Pro Apple M9 on Apple A9X SoC Apple iPhone...
features supporting mice and trackpads. iPadOS 13 supports iPads with an Apple A8 or A8X chip or later, dropping support for devices with the A7 chip, more...
Specifications". Apple. Retrieved 2017-11-23. "iPad Air Technical Specifications". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2013-10-22. "iPad Air 2 Technical Specifications". Apple Inc...
Apple's OneScanner was a series of flatbed scanners introduced during the early 1990s. The original OneScanner model was introduced in 1991 to replace...
and A6 SoCs for Apple's iPad and iPhone devices. According to reports, in May 2014 Apple sourced its A8 and A8X SoCs from TSMC. Apple then sourced the...
new Apple–ARM work would eventually evolve into the ARM6, first released in early 1992. Apple used the ARM6-based ARM610 as the basis for their Apple Newton...
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