---
title: "Apple A5 vs A4 Floorplan Comparison"
description: "Apple's latest magic trick was upgrading their previous A4 chip into a dual core variant, the A5. This chip powers the recently announced iPad 2 and is likely to be in the…"
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/apple-a5-vs-a4-floorplan-comparison.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2011-03-16T15:02:11Z"
lastmod: "2015-03-24T16:03:23Z"
image: "https://www.baldengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/APL0498_APL0498E01_Backside-249x300.jpg"
categories: ["around-the-web"]
tags: ["a5","apple","chipworks","electronics","ipad","iphone","semiconductors","tsmc"]
---

# Apple A5 vs A4 Floorplan Comparison


Apple's latest magic trick was upgrading their previous A4 chip into a dual core variant, the A5.  This chip powers the recently announced iPad 2 and is likely to be in the upcoming summer release of the iPhone 5 (4s?)  The folks at [Chipworks](http://www.chipworks.com) have done some reverse engineering (which may be using _actual magic_) to see what the [inside of the A5 looks like](http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/technology-blog/2011/03/apple-a5-vs-a4-floorplan-comparison/)... all 2.9Million gates of it.