It includes a 600 MHz single-core Cortex-A8 CPU and a PowerVR SGX535 GPU. The APL0298 (also S5L8920) is a PoP SoC introduced on June 8, 2009, at the launch of the iPhone 3GS.
It was manufactured by Samsung on a 65 nm process. It includes a 533 MHz single-core ARM11 CPU and a PowerVR MBX Lite GPU. The APL0278 (also S5L8720) is a PoP SoC introduced on September 9, 2008, at the launch of the second-generation iPod touch. The iPhone 3G and the first-generation iPod touch also use it. It was manufactured by Samsung on a 90 nm process. It includes a 412 MHz single-core ARM11 CPU and a PowerVR MBX Lite GPU. The APL0098 (also 8900B or S5L8900) is a package on package (PoP) system on a chip (SoC) that was introduced on June 29, 2007, at the launch of the original iPhone.
They combine in one package a single ARM-based processing core ( CPU), a graphics processing unit ( GPU), and other electronics necessary for mobile computing. Apple first used SoCs in early versions of the iPhone and iPod touch.
