32nm Apple A5

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32nm Apple A5 in the Apple TV 3 – and an iPad 2!

http://www.chipworks.com/en/technica...rise-surprise/

The previous generation A5, part number APL0498, was manufactured on Samsung Semiconductors’ 45 nm LP CMOS process. This new A5 processor is manufactured on Samsung’s new 32 nm high-k metal gate, gate first, LP CMOS process technology.

Looks like Samsung very possible to continues to manufacture A5X and A6 in the near future.

[JeeBee]

Sounds like a good pipe cleaner product to test 32nm. 70mm^2 is a far more reasonable size for an ARM SoC too.

I wonder if the iPad 2 with 32nm A5 has a longer battery life? I guess that the display uses most of the power though.