Apple T-series

E201701
coprocessor family system on a chip

The Apple T-series is a line of custom coprocessors used in Apple devices to handle secure operations and specialized tasks like encryption, biometric data processing, and system management.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apple T1 2
Apple T-series canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coprocessor family ⓘ
system on a chip ⓘ
basedOn ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM architecture
designedFor Mac ⓘ
surface form: Mac computers

Mac mini ⓘ
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) ⓘ
surface form: MacBook Air

MacBook Pro ⓘ
iMac ⓘ
surface form: iMac Pro
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
handles Secure Enclave functions ⓘ
Touch Bar control ⓘ
audio signal processing ⓘ
disk encryption keys ⓘ
image signal processing ⓘ
system integrity checks ⓘ
hasPart Apple T-series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Apple T1

Apple T2 ⓘ
introducedBy Apple Inc. ⓘ
manufacturer Apple Inc. ⓘ
marketedAs Apple T-series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Apple T1

Apple T2 ⓘ
partOf Apple system architecture ⓘ
primaryGoal enhancing device security ⓘ
provides hardware root of trust ⓘ
secure boot chain ⓘ
secure key storage ⓘ
relatedTo Apple A-series ⓘ
Apple M-series ⓘ
Secure Enclave ⓘ
surface form: Apple Secure Enclave
replacedComponent separate SMC chip in some Macs ⓘ
separate image signal processor in some Macs ⓘ
runs custom Apple firmware ⓘ
secondaryGoal offloading specialized tasks from main CPU ⓘ
securityRole isolating sensitive computations from main CPU ⓘ
protecting biometric templates ⓘ
protecting encryption keys ⓘ
successorOf earlier discrete security controllers in Apple devices ⓘ
usedFor Face ID processing ⓘ
Touch ID processing ⓘ
biometric data processing ⓘ
encryption ⓘ
hardware encryption of storage ⓘ
managing cameras ⓘ
managing microphones ⓘ
managing system power ⓘ
managing system sensors ⓘ
secure boot ⓘ
secure operations ⓘ
system management ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple Neural Engine → includedInChipFamily → Apple T-series ⓘ
Apple T-series → hasPart → Apple T-series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple T1
Apple T-series → marketedAs → Apple T-series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple T1