<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
A12	I-Device
Bionic	I-Device
is	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
ARM-based	B-Architecture
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
designed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
XS	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
XS	I-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
XR	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPad	B-Device
Air	I-Device
(	O
3rd	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
(	O
5th	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
8th	B-Device
generation	I-Device
iPad	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
TV	I-Device
4K	I-Device
(	O
2nd	O
generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
two	O
high-performance	O
cores	O
are	O
15%	O
faster	O
and	O
50%	O
more	O
energy-efficient	O
than	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
A11	I-Device
's	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
four	O
high-efficiency	O
cores	O
use	O
50%	O
less	O
power	O
than	O
the	O
A11	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
mass-market	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
to	O
be	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
7nm	B-Algorithm
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
A12	I-Device
SoC	O
features	O
an	O
Apple-designed	O
64-bit	B-Device
ARMv8.3-A	O
six-core	O
CPU	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
high-performance	O
cores	O
called	O
Vortex	O
,	O
running	O
at	O
2.49GHz	O
,	O
and	O
four	O
energy-efficient	O
cores	O
called	O
Tempest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vortex	O
cores	O
are	O
a	O
7-wide	O
decode	O
out-of-order	B-General_Concept
superscalar	B-General_Concept
design	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Tempest	O
cores	O
are	O
a	O
3-wide	O
decode	O
out-of-order	B-General_Concept
superscalar	B-General_Concept
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A12	O
also	O
integrates	O
an	O
Apple-designed	O
four-core	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
(	O
GPU	B-Architecture
)	O
with	O
50%	O
faster	O
graphics	O
performance	O
than	O
the	O
A11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A12	O
includes	O
dedicated	B-General_Concept
neural	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
hardware	I-General_Concept
that	O
Apple	O
calls	O
a	O
"	O
Next-generation	O
Neural	O
Engine.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A12	O
is	O
manufactured	O
by	O
TSMC	O
using	O
a	O
7	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
FinFET	O
process	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
ship	O
in	O
a	O
consumer	O
product	O
,	O
containing	O
6.9	O
billion	O
transistors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
manufactured	O
in	O
a	O
package	B-Algorithm
on	I-Algorithm
package	I-Algorithm
(	O
PoP	O
)	O
together	O
with	O
4	O
GiB	O
of	O
LPDDR4X	O
memory	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
XS	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
XS	I-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
and	O
3	O
GB	O
of	O
LPDDR4X	O
memory	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
XR	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
Air	I-Device
(	O
2019	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
5th	B-Device
generation	I-Device
iPad	I-Device
mini	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
(	O
2020	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A12	O
has	O
video	O
codec	O
encoding	O
support	O
for	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
and	O
H.264	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
decoding	O
support	O
for	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
,	O
H.264	B-Application
,	O
MPEG‑4	B-Application
Part	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Motion	B-Application
JPEG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
