Update – Samsung or TSMC? how to know the processor of your iPhone 6s, 6s Plus

Updated October 8: the test app has been removed from the App
Store, another is indicated below +
details on the differences between processors here

We had discussed the subject
A few days ago, Apple chosetwo
different manufacturers as supplier for the chips of its new iPhones
6s. This must result above all in a difference in terms of size
of the component, invisible to the user. But stay there
curiosity !

Thus, it is possible to know if your iPhone 6s / 6s Plus has a
Original Samsung or TSMC A9 processor:

For that,
according to Engadget, it is possible to use an application intended to
know the system information and details about the insides of our
machines.

• 
  The "Lirum info lite" application is free here on the App Store

Updated October 8: Please note, the app has been
removed from the App Store, similar information can be extracted using
the apps
Battery Memory System Status Monitor gratuite ici(in the tab
"System".

There are references there which give information on the origin of the
processor:

• l’informationN66AP(6s plus) orN71AP
  (6s) corresponds to an original chipSamsung
• the noted versionsN66MAP(6s plus) and
  N71MAP(6s) are they made at the foundry
  TSMC

As seen in the introduction, this should not have an impact on the
performance of the machines, but of course comparisons have been made
with benchmark tools and it seems that machines equipped with a
TSMC processor would have greater autonomy. This may be surprising because the
TSMC chip isplus
large in terms of surface area, which a priori rather increases the
consumption.

Nothing really important in any case for use outside of benchmarks
for the user.

Finally, for the most curious, here are the percentages recorded
until then:

• 70% of iPhone 6s are equipped by TSMC
• 40% of iPhone 6s Plus phones are TSMC

And you ?

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