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S5L8950
The S5L8950X is the Apple A6 processor currently used in the iPhone 5.
The processor uses the Cortex-A15 core (?).
The software architecture as reported by "hostinfo" is: ???.
Hardware
The A6 part number is APL0598. It is produced by Samsung with its low power 32nm CMOS process. The die has an area of 95mm².
Software
The chip contains Bootrom XXXX. It runs ARM based instructions with the CPU Instruction set ARMv7s. The exact ARM reference has to be determined yet.