Hoʻopaʻa ʻia: ʻO Apple A12Z kahi make A12X i hoʻohana hou ʻia
I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua wehe ʻo Apple i kahi hanauna hou o nā papa iPad Pro, a i ka pīhoihoi o nā mea he nui, ʻaʻole i hoʻonui ʻia nā mea hou i kahi ʻano ikaika loa o ka Apple A13 SoC hou loa. Akā, ua hoʻohana ka iPad i kahi chip i kapa ʻia ʻo Apple ʻo A12Z. Ua hōʻike maopopo ʻia kēia inoa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka hoʻolālā like Vortex/Tempest e like me ka A12X mua, i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka 2018 iPad Pro.
ʻO ka neʻe maʻamau o Apple ua alakaʻi i ka poʻe he nui i ka manaʻo ʻaʻole paha he chip hou ka A12Z, akā he A12X i wehe ʻia, a i kēia manawa ua loaʻa i ka lehulehu ka hōʻoia ʻana i kēia kumumanaʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi iā TechInsights. I loko o kahi tweet pōkole, ua hoʻopuka ka loiloi ʻenehana a me ka ʻenekini hoʻohuli i kāna mau ʻike a me nā kiʻi e hoʻohālikelike ana i ka A12Z a me A12X. Ua like loa nā pahu ʻelua: ʻo kēlā me kēia poloka hana ma ka A12Z ma kahi hoʻokahi, a ua like ka nui me ka A12X.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hōʻike ka loiloi TechInsights i nā kikoʻī hou aʻe e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka chip, hoʻokahi mea i maopopo: ʻoiai ʻo ka A12Z he ala hou aʻe i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka 12 A2018X, ʻaʻole lawe mai ka A12Z i kahi mea hou e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā. ʻO ka hoʻololi wale nō i ʻike ʻia ma waena o nā pahu ʻelua ʻo kā lākou hoʻonohonoho ʻana: ʻoiai ke hele mai nei ka A12X me 7 mau puʻupuʻu GPU ikaika, aia ka A12Z i nā 8 āpau.
A ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hāʻawi kēia hoʻololi i ka waiwai nui, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi huahana hou i loaʻa hana kiʻekiʻe iki. Hana ʻia ka A12X me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaʻina hana 7nm TSMC, a i ka manawa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai i 2018, ʻo ia kekahi o nā pahu nui loa i hana ʻia ma ke kaʻina hana 7nm holomua. I kēia manawa, 18 mau mahina ma hope mai, pono e hoʻonui nui ʻia ka nui o ka hua o nā kristal hoʻohana, no laila ua emi ka pono e hoʻopau i nā poloka no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kristal hou aʻe.
Hoʻohālikelike i nā ʻāpana Apple
A12Z
A12X
A13
A12
CPU
4x Mele Vortex 4x Apple Kūeha
4x Mele Vortex 4x Apple Kūeha
2x Apple Uila 4x Apple Mea uila
2x Mele Vortex 4x Apple Kūeha
GP
8 poloka, hanauna A12
7 poloka (1 kino kīnā), hanauna A12
4 poloka, hanauna A13
4 poloka, hanauna A12
Bus hoʻomanaʻo
128-bit LPDDR4X
128-bit LPDDR4X
64-bit LPDDR4X
64-bit LPDDR4X
ʻŌnaehana ʻōnaehana
TSMC 7nm (N7)
TSMC 7 nm (N7)
TSMC 7 nm (N7P)
TSMC 7 nm (N7)
No ke aha i koho ai ʻo Apple e hoʻohana hou i ka A12X i kāna mau papa 2020 ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka A13X ka manaʻo o kekahi, no ka mea, e iho mai ka pane i ka ʻoihana. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka mākeke papa ma mua o ka mākeke kelepona, a ʻo Apple hoʻi, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokūkū ma ke kahua o nā papa kiʻekiʻe me nā mea hana ARM, kūʻai aku i nā iPads liʻiliʻi ma mua o iPhones. No laila, ʻaʻole nui ka nui o nā mea hana e puʻunaue i nā kumukūʻai no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā chips kūikawā, a me kēlā me kēia hanauna o nā kūlana lithographic, lilo ka hoʻolālā a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. I kekahi manawa, ʻaʻohe manaʻo o ka hana ʻana i nā chips hou i kēlā me kēia makahiki no nā huahana me nā holo pōkole. ʻIke ʻia ua hōʻea ʻo Apple i kēia milestone me kāna mau papa hana papa.