Early iPhone systems-on-chip

Early iPhone systems-on-chip
The S5L8900 system on a chip (SoC)
General information
Launched2007
Designed bySamsung Electronics, based on specifications by Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer

iPhone and iPod Touch models released between 2007 and 2009 used system on a chip (SoC) circuits designed by Samsung and manufactured to Apple's specifications. Two such SoCs were used: the Samsung S5L8900, used in the first-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G, and the first-generation iPod Touch,[1] and the Samsung S5L8920, used in the iPhone 3GS and the third-generation iPod Touch.[2] Both chips belong to Samsung's S5L family of SoCs.

Apple later switched to in-house designed Apple silicon SoCs, starting with the Apple A4.

  1. ^ "All Devices Using Samsung S5L8900". DeviceBeast. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  2. ^ "All Devices Using Samsung S5L8920". DeviceBeast. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-11.