Flashback: how the Apple M1 evolved out of Apple's iPad chipsets - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

The Apple A5X and subsequent AX chips reconfigured a chipset meant for phones into something powerful enough for a tablet that dreamed of replacing PCs.

The first custom Apple chipset, the Apple A4, launched in 2010 with the original iPad and was also featured in the iPhone 4 a few months later. The A4 was manufactured by Samsung and used an enhanced… [+6298 chars]

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