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| [* black] Now for the pièce de résistance: the A6 application processor. | |
| [* black] The A6 processor is the first Apple [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip|System-on-Chip (SoC)] to use a custom design, based off the ARMv7 instruction set. | |
| [* black] Because the A6 is not an [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture|ARM]-specific CPU design, this gives Apple the ability to tailor the A6 towards their needs. | |
| [* red] According to Chipworks, the B8164B3PM silkscreen label denotes 1GB ''Elpida'' LP DDR2 SDRAM. | |
| [* black] Contrarily, the [link|http://images.anandtech.com/doci/6279/iPhone5-299_575px.jpg|infographic] presented during Apple's Keynote clearly showed ''Samsung'' RAM (K3PE7E700F) in the A6. | |
| - | [* black] Not too long ago Apple decided to [link|http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-apple-samsung-idUSBRE88601A20120907|reduce the number of RAM chip orders] from Samsung. Time to invest in Elpida? Or is Samsung lurking in the next phone on the shelf? That's for you to decide. |
| + | [* black] Not too long ago, Apple decided to [link|http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-apple-samsung-idUSBRE88601A20120907|reduce the number of RAM chip orders] from Samsung. Time to invest in Elpida? Or is Samsung lurking in the next phone on the shelf? That's for you to decide. |