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| - | [* black] Chipworks |
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| + | [* black] With the help of fancy and really expensive equipment, Chipworks produced a die photograph of the A7. It looks a lot like its predecessor, the [guide|10528|A6|stepid=38336|new_window=true]. |
| + | [* black] Our good friends at Chipworks had this to say about the A7: |
| [* red] “We have confirmed through early analysis that the device is fabricated at Samsung’s Foundry." | |
| - | [* orange] "We will confirm process type and node later today as analysis continues." |
| - | [* yellow] We suspect we will see Samsung's 28 nm Hi K metal Gate (HKMG) being used. We have observed this same process in the Samsung Exynos Application processor used in the Galaxy S IV. Our engineers will be deprocessing the Apple A7 as soon as they can to confirm this or to provide different information.” |
| + | [* orange] "We suspect we will see Samsung's 28 nm Hi K metal Gate (HKMG) being used. We have observed this same process in the Samsung Exynos Application processor used in the Galaxy S IV. Our engineers will be deprocessing the Apple A7 as soon as they can to confirm this or to provide different information.” |