Avalanche and Blizzard

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Avalanche and Blizzard are the high-performance and efficiency CPU core designs, respectively, used in Apple's second-generation M2 system-on-a-chip.

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Avalanche 1
Avalanche and Blizzard canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf CPU microarchitecture
CPU microarchitecture
concurrentUseWith Avalanche
Blizzard
coreType efficiency core
performance core
designGoal high energy efficiency
high single-thread performance
developer Apple Inc.
Apple Inc.
instructionSetArchitecture ARMv8.5-A or later
ARMv8.5-A or later
marketedAs high-efficiency CPU core in M2
high-performance CPU core in M2
microarchitectureFamily Apple Silicon efficiency cores
Apple Silicon performance cores
predecessor Firestorm
Icestorm
supportsFeature 64-bit execution
64-bit execution
Neural Engine-optimized instructions
Neural Engine-optimized instructions
out-of-order execution
out-of-order execution
technologyNode 5 nm-class process
5 nm-class process
usedIn Apple M2
Apple M2
13-inch MacBook Pro (M2, 2022)
surface form: Apple M2 13-inch MacBook Pro

13-inch MacBook Pro (M2, 2022)
surface form: Apple M2 13-inch MacBook Pro

Apple M2
surface form: Apple M2 Mac mini

Apple M2
surface form: Apple M2 Mac mini

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
surface form: Apple M2 MacBook Air

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
surface form: Apple M2 MacBook Air

Apple M2 Max
Apple M2 Max
Apple M2 Pro
Apple M2 Pro
Apple M2 Ultra
Apple M2 Ultra
Apple M2 iPad Air (5th generation)
Apple M2 iPad Air (5th generation)
Apple M2 iPad Pro (11-inch, 4th generation)
Apple M2 iPad Pro (11-inch, 4th generation)
Apple M2 iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 6th generation)
Apple M2 iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 6th generation)
heterogeneous multi-core configuration
heterogeneous multi-core configuration

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

Apple M2 microarchitecture Avalanche and Blizzard
Apple A15 Bionic cpuBigCoreCodename Avalanche and Blizzard
this entity surface form: Avalanche