Firestorm

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Firestorm is Apple’s high-performance ARM CPU core design used in the M1 chip to deliver fast, power-efficient processing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ARM CPU core design
CPU microarchitecture
architectureFamily ARM
surface form: ARMv8-A
belongsTo Apple silicon
surface form: Apple silicon CPU core family
cacheType L1 data cache
L1 instruction cache
L2 cache
concurrentUseWith Icestorm efficiency cores
coreCountInM1 4 performance cores
coreType high-performance core
designedFor high IPC (instructions per cycle)
iPadOS on Apple silicon
macOS
surface form: macOS on Apple silicon
designer Apple Inc.
instructionSet ARMv8-A 64-bit
introducedBy Apple M1 launch
introductionYear 2020
marketedAs performance core
optimizedFor high single-thread performance
power efficiency
pairedWith Icestorm
powerManagement dynamic frequency scaling
power gating
primaryUse performance-critical workloads
processNode 5 nm class process
roleInSoC general-purpose CPU core
successorOf Apple A15 Bionic
surface form: Apple A13 Lightning core family
supports 64-bit ARM instructions
ARMv8.4-A features
Neon
SIMD instructions
branch prediction
hardware virtualization
memory protection
out-of-order execution
speculative execution
targetPlatform desktop computers
laptops
tablets
usedIn iMac
surface form: 24-inch iMac (M1)

Apple M1
Apple M1 Max
Apple M1 Pro
Apple M1 Ultra
Mac mini
surface form: Mac mini (M1)

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
surface form: MacBook Air (M1)

MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1)
usedInDeviceFamily Mac computers with Apple silicon
iPad Pro with M1
usedInSoCFamily Apple M-series
surface form: Apple M1 series
vendor Apple Inc.

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