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Apple A7
The Apple A7 is a 64-bit system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series. It first appeared in the iPhone 5S, which was announced on September 10, 2013, and the iPad Air and iPad Mini 2, which were both announced on October 22, 2013. Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics power compared to its predecessor, the Apple A6.1 It is the first 64-bit SoC to ship in a consumer smartphone or tablet computer.2 Production of A7 chips ended on March 21, 2017, following the discontinuation of the iPad mini 2, the last device to carry the A7. The latest software update for systems using this chip was iOS 12.5.8, released on January 26, 2026, as they were discontinued with the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 in 2019.
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Link to original Footnotes
“Apple Announces iPhone 5s—The Most Forward-Thinking Smartphone in the World” (Press release). Apple. September 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013. ↩
Lai Shimpi, Anand (September 10, 2013). “Apple Announces A7, World’s First 64-bit Smartphone SoC”. AnandTech. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013. ↩
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