According to the latest set of information coming from Macrumors.com, Apple's upcoming iPhone 6 will pack a faster A8 SoC that will work at 2.0GHz, which is significantly higher compared to 1.3GHz clock on the iPhone 5S and the new iPad Mini.

The new Apple A8 chip will still be based on 64-bit and dual core architecture of the current generation A7 Soc but will be made on the 20nm process instead of the 28nm. The TSMC and the Samsung might be the primary manufacturers.

The choice to stick with a dual-core design is quite surprising considering that the new iPhone 6, or multiple iPhone 6 versions, will have to compete with a wide range of quad-core devices. Of course, Apple will most likely have certain optimizations in place, similar to those we already seen with the dual-core A7 chip.



Source: Macrumors.com.