Apple’s new iPhones will be powered by an all new chip, the A11 Bionic. As usual, the chip smokes the competition and yet again raises the bar as far as performance is concerned.The A11 Bionic chip is the first hexa-core chip from Apple, though in some ways, one might even consider it a 10-core chip. Details are scant, but the little that we’ve gathered from Apple’s announcements and leaked information tells us that the chip features a 6-core CPU, a 3-core GPU and an M11 motion co-processor.
The 6-core CPU comprises of 2x high-performance cores and 4x energy-efficiency cores. This is two more than on the previous generation. The GPU, which handles all the graphics processing tasks, is the first graphics chip that Apple has designed. Previously, Apple used GPUs from Imagination Technologies. When news broke that Apple would no longer use Imagination Technologies’ chips, the company’s stocks fell by 70 percent and it’s now up for sale.
The information we’ve found so far suggests that the A11 Bionic uses 64-bit ARM cores that use the ARM v8-A instruction set. These are said to be TSMC-built 10 nm chips. The previous A10 chip was built on a 16 nm process, meaning that the A11 is far more efficient. The 10 nm process also means that the chip can be clocked higher, resulting in higher performance.
The 6-core CPU comprises of 2x high-performance cores and 4x energy-efficiency cores. This is two more than on the previous generation. The GPU, which handles all the graphics processing tasks, is the first graphics chip that Apple has designed. Previously, Apple used GPUs from Imagination Technologies. When news broke that Apple would no longer use Imagination Technologies’ chips, the company’s stocks fell by 70 percent and it’s now up for sale.
The information we’ve found so far suggests that the A11 Bionic uses 64-bit ARM cores that use the ARM v8-A instruction set. These are said to be TSMC-built 10 nm chips. The previous A10 chip was built on a 16 nm process, meaning that the A11 is far more efficient. The 10 nm process also means that the chip can be clocked higher, resulting in higher performance.
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