Apple no longer buy license from ARM
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:32 pm
Anyway I'm writing a technical report. You'll all have access to read that report online soon.
On my literature reading on ARM architecture and it's usage of ARM Cotex -A series [used in those mobil
phones and tablets and set top boxes].It told that Apple is no longer buying the Cotex-AX license from ARM.
They have introduces a new processor called Swift. Don't know more information about that newly invented
processor , but it's something not coming from ARM. So the wikipedia page says that it does not used a
licensed core from ARM however things are still unclear.
I need to know what kind of connections are with ARM and Apple still?
however I've gone with lots of readings in this topic.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple-A6-Teardown/10528/
From those chipworks guys. What those guys do is using a microscope they are reverse-engineering the product.
It's not easy as you think to reverse engineer such.
However the answer is ,
know more.
There are already a lots of analysis of A6 apple chip [not cotex-A6]. Such as ,
So anybody could make a processor for their ARMv7 instruction set right. Where ARMv7 is the ISA , instruction set
architecture and processor core somethig like 'Cotex-A9' is belogns to the microarchitecture. Where ARM have
licenses for each processor core. I think what ARM sharing is somekind of a VHDL or Verilog source code to
those companies.
However still unclear, I've recieved -3 points asking that question at SE.
> http://electronics.stackexchange.com/qu ... abrication?
If you have more information please discuss. I'm always like to learn from you.
Specially things like these , such as reverse engineering products like these.
That's all I know and what I found on window shopping and through internet.
On my literature reading on ARM architecture and it's usage of ARM Cotex -A series [used in those mobil
phones and tablets and set top boxes].It told that Apple is no longer buying the Cotex-AX license from ARM.
They have introduces a new processor called Swift. Don't know more information about that newly invented
processor , but it's something not coming from ARM. So the wikipedia page says that it does not used a
licensed core from ARM however things are still unclear.
I need to know what kind of connections are with ARM and Apple still?
however I've gone with lots of readings in this topic.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple-A6-Teardown/10528/
From those chipworks guys. What those guys do is using a microscope they are reverse-engineering the product.
It's not easy as you think to reverse engineer such.
However the answer is ,
Which I found on stackexchange. Nice answer but not informative enough, however David is my friend. But I need toThey all sell chips based on ARM processors. That's it. We can't say anything more without getting lawyers involved.
know more.
There are already a lots of analysis of A6 apple chip [not cotex-A6]. Such as ,
^-- from wikipedia.Information is scarce but the Swift core uses a new tweaked instruction set, ARMv7s, featuring some elements of the ARM Cortex-A15 such as support for the Advanced SIMD v2, and VFPv4.[6] Analysis suggests that the Swift core has a triple-wide frontend and two FPUs, compared to a two-wide core with a single FPU in the Cortex-A9 based predecessor.
So anybody could make a processor for their ARMv7 instruction set right. Where ARMv7 is the ISA , instruction set
architecture and processor core somethig like 'Cotex-A9' is belogns to the microarchitecture. Where ARM have
licenses for each processor core. I think what ARM sharing is somekind of a VHDL or Verilog source code to
those companies.
However still unclear, I've recieved -3 points asking that question at SE.
> http://electronics.stackexchange.com/qu ... abrication?
If you have more information please discuss. I'm always like to learn from you.
Specially things like these , such as reverse engineering products like these.
That's all I know and what I found on window shopping and through internet.