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Apple A5
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Apple A5
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| Designer | Apple |
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| Introduced | March 2011 (iPad 2); iPhone 4s October 2011 |
| Process | 45 nm, later 32 nm (Samsung) |
| CPU | Dual-core Cortex-A9, ~1 GHz |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX543MP2 |
| Devices | iPad 2 · iPhone 4s · iPad mini · iPod touch (5th) · Apple TV (3rd) |
| Predecessor | Apple A4 |
| Successor | Apple A6 |
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The Apple A5 is Apple's second system-on-chip, introduced with the iPad 2 in March 2011 and the iPhone 4s that fall — the chip that brought the iPhone dual-core CPU and the graphics headroom (a claimed 7×) behind Siri-era features and the 4s's 1080p video.
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The A5 became Apple's longest-serving chip: die-shrunk to 32 nm, it powered iPad minis, iPod touches, and Apple TVs sold into the mid-2010s, making it the volume workhorse of the early ecosystem — and, less happily, the 512 MB-era hardware whose late-life iOS updates taught Apple its support-window lessons.
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