With Apple’s new iPad Air tablet, the world’s first processor with 5 nm architecture, 14 Bionic, was unveiled. So what does this processor promise to power the iPhone 12 family? Let’s take a look together
Apple introduced the new Pad Air 2020 with the event it held on September 16. The biggest innovation of this tablet was that it was powered by A14 Bionic, the world’s first mobile processor with 5 nm architecture. In other words, Apple has unveiled both the smallest and most powerful mobile processor in the world. Although the iPhone 12 family is still largely a secret, we know for sure that it will be powered by the A14 Bionic.
A14 BionicJust like before, it was designed and developed by Apple and produced by TSMC. Apple is very ambitious about the new chipset and even says that this new set can challenge phones with many processors and Android operating systems used in computers. We shared with you all the known features of the A14, one of Apple’s most ambitious projects.
What we know about the world’s first 5 nm processor A14 Bionic:
- 5 nanometer architecture and 11.8 billion transistors
- Same number of cores, higher performance than previous generations
- Fully renewed graphics processor
- High artificial intelligence performance
- Lower power consumption
Before we start: What does Nanometer mean in processor?
Nanometer, one billionth of a meter and is the unit of length whose abbreviation is “nm”. It is also used in processor production to express the distance between transistors in the processor circuit.
Processors need transistors to perform calculations and operations. Billions of transistors are tightly packed into small spaces, forming the basis of processor chips. The smaller the distance between transistors electrons can move with less energy.
In this way, the device both works faster and since the electrons consume less energy, problems such as heating are not experienced. A14 Bionic In the chip, the distance between the two transistors is 5 nanometers, which means the device will work extremely quickly and smoothly.
5 Nanometer technology and 11.8 billion transistors
As we mentioned before, Apple is the first company in its market to use a chip with 5 Nanometer technology. This set with smaller chip features is designed to have more transistors, which makes the set power consumption will be low is showing.
A14 Bionic processor in total 11.8 billion transistors has. The A13 Bionic used in the iPhone 11 and iPad Pro had only 8.5 billion transistors. A14 Bionic The transistors of the processor show that the device will have more cache capacity and more advanced features. What kind of a result the new chipset produced on the iPad Air was previously explained.
Same number of cores, higher performance than previous generations
Apple A11, A12 and A13 chips, as well as A14 Bionic chips Up to 6 processor cores owner. Two of these cores are high-performance cores designed to handle demanding applications. The other four high-efficiency cores are for performing daily tasks and to save battery life was designed.
Saying that the A14 has extremely high performance caches, Apple claims that the new processor can thus run even the most demanding applications smoothly and fluently. This is the new technology of the A14, which has not yet been revealed to mind. L3 model caching brings the question of whether he will have it.
Apple says a major update has been made to these cores, which are used in the same number of cores in their previous devices, and that the cores can handle more workforce. Apple has announced that the A13 processor is 20% faster than the A12. When all the features of the A13 are considered, A14 BionicLooks like it will be 20% faster than the A13. However, the expected performance seems to be disappointing in the Phone 12 Pro Max, as we mentioned in our previous article.
Fully renewed graphics processor
The A14 Bionic has four graphics processor cores with Apple’s latest processor architecture. Although these cores are the same number of cores used in the A13, Apple A14’s sustainable maximum performance He says it will perform at the lowest possible power.
Apple claims it provides a 30% increase in graphics performance when comparing the A14-equipped devices with the previous generation devices. Considering that the graphics of the A13 set are 20% higher than the A12, the A14 graphics processor is a very significant difference with an increase of 8.3%. won’t show looks like
High artificial intelligence performance
Apple has been developing chips since the A11 chipsets with the Bionic name. Neural Engine began to include special equipment under the name. This hardware specially designed to perform machine learning and artificial intelligence operations in the beginning It was capable of performing 600 billion transactions per second.
This number increased to 5 trillion in A12 sets and 6 trillion in A13 sets. Thanks to the 16 Neural Engine cores in A14, the new chipset 11 trillion capable of processing transactions. Extremely ambitious A14 BionicAs we mentioned in our previous article, it looks like it can make a difference from other generations in many ways and provide high performance in iPhones.
Lower power consumption
Consumers were quite complaining about the high power consumption they encountered in devices with A12 and A13 chipsets. Promising high performance, these devices are significantly at maximum performance. to a low power consumption had.
Apple has made full use of 5 Nanometer technology and that it will be optimized in the best way stated. We think that Apple, which has not yet given figures on power consumption and efficiency, kept all this information for the iPhone launch.
Is the A14 Bionic better than the A12Z?
IPad Pro, released in March 2020, A12Z Bionic had the processor. It is quite natural that this processor, which is based on 7 nanometer technology, seems inadequate compared to the A14. However, it would be a bit wrong to compare the two chips on a nanometer basis only.
When looking at the A12Z Bionic set in general, we see that both the GPU and the CPU have 8 cores each. Technically, this feature A14 Bionic It shows that it has higher performance than the set, but we will still have to wait for the benchmark results for definitive results.
There’s more to learn about the A14 Bionic
Apple’s A14 Bionic We tried to share with you all the information he explained about. However, it is worth mentioning that the information disclosed by the company is also limited. Although we understand the technology of the A14 Bionic, the new chipset still has unexplained features.
About many hardware such as image signal processing, storage and memory controllers, cryptography and encryption accelerator still have enough knowledge we are not. When all this information is collected, we will better understand how the new iPhone, iPad or Mac models will perform.
A14 Bionic We think that all information about the new iPhone 12 will be released. In this launch, we will get to know both the new phone models and the new A14 Bionic that the devices will have. What do you think of Apple’s new A14 Bionic chip? Will the A14 Bionic be the fastest chipset in the world? We will be waiting for your feedback in the comments.
