Apple silicon

E6430

ARM-based processor family system on a chip family

Apple silicon is Apple’s custom family of ARM-based system-on-a-chip processors that power modern Macs and other Apple devices, offering high performance with improved energy efficiency.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Apple silicon canonical	21
Apple silicon Macs	9
Apple Silicon	6
Apple Silicon Macs	3
Apple silicon SoC	3
Apple silicon Mac	2
ARM (Apple Silicon)	1
ARM-based Apple Silicon	1
Apple M series	1
Apple Peek Performance event	1
Apple Silicon Mac computers	1
Apple Silicon iPad Air	1
Apple Silicon system-on-a-chip processors	1
Apple custom silicon family	1
Apple silicon CPU core family	1
Apple silicon Mac computers	1
Apple silicon processors	1
Apple silicon-based Mac computers	1
Mac with Apple silicon	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ARM-based processor family ⓘ system on a chip family ⓘ
announcedAt	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 ⓘ
architecture	ARM ⓘ
basedOn	ARM64 ⓘ
compatibilityLayer	Rosetta 2 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designGoal	energy efficiency ⓘ high performance ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
feature	integrated GPU ⓘ integrated Neural Engine ⓘ system on a chip integration ⓘ unified memory architecture ⓘ
firstAnnounced	June 22, 2020 ⓘ
includesModel	Apple A12Z Bionic ⓘ Apple A14 Bionic ⓘ Apple A15 Bionic ⓘ Apple A16 Bionic ⓘ Apple A17 Pro ⓘ Apple A18 ⓘ Apple A18 ⓘ surface form: Apple A18 Pro Apple M1 ⓘ Apple M1 Max ⓘ Apple M1 Pro ⓘ Apple M1 Ultra ⓘ Apple M2 ⓘ Apple M2 Max ⓘ Apple M2 Pro ⓘ Apple M2 Ultra ⓘ Apple M3 ⓘ Apple M3 ⓘ surface form: Apple M3 Max Apple M3 ⓘ surface form: Apple M3 Pro Apple M4 ⓘ
marketedAs	Apple silicon self-link ⓘ
replaces	Intel x86-64 processors in Macs ⓘ
supportsInstructionSet	ARM ⓘ surface form: ARMv8-A ARM ⓘ surface form: ARMv9-A
supportsOperatingSystem	iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ visionOS ⓘ
transitionProgram	Universal App Quick Start Program ⓘ
usedIn	Mac Studio ⓘ Mac ⓘ surface form: Mac computers Mac mini ⓘ MacBook Air (M1, 2020) ⓘ surface form: MacBook Air MacBook Pro ⓘ Vision Pro ⓘ iMac ⓘ iPad ⓘ surface form: iPad Air iPad ⓘ surface form: iPad Pro

Referenced by (57)

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

Apple Macintosh computers → architecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Apple M1 → family → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple M series

macOS → supportsArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

MacBook Pro → usesProcessorBrand → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon

Apple silicon → marketedAs → Apple silicon self-link ⓘ

Mac mini → transitionedTo → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon processors

Mac Studio → usesProcessorFamily → Apple silicon ⓘ

Mac Studio → announcedAtEvent → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Peek Performance event

Apple Safari → supportsArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Firestorm → belongsTo → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon CPU core family

Icestorm → foundInProductLine → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon Mac computers

Icestorm → foundInProductLine → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon iPad Air

MacBook Air (M1, 2020) → cpuArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon

FileVault → compatibleWith → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs

Cocoa → targetEnvironment → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Mac computers

Hypervisor framework → supports → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs

Homebrew → supportsPlatform → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon Macs

MacPorts → supports → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon

Xcode → supportsArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Vision Pro → uses → Apple silicon ⓘ

subject surface form: Apple Vision Pro

Universal App Quick Start Program → focus → Apple silicon ⓘ

Universal App Quick Start Program → architecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Rosetta 2 → platform → Apple silicon ⓘ

Rosetta 2 → requires → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Mac

MacBook → usesProcessorArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Fink → targetPlatform → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs

Mac → architecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Apple M4 → belongsToPlatform → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon

Final Cut Pro → runsOn → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs

M2 Pro Mac mini → architecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Apple M-series → marketedAs → Apple silicon ⓘ

Logic Pro → platform → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs

Apple H1 → partOf → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple custom silicon family

Metal → optimizedFor → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon

Secure Enclave → relatedTo → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon SoC

ANE → usedIn → Apple silicon ⓘ

subject surface form: Apple Neural Engine

this entity surface form: Mac with Apple silicon

Apple GPU → usedIn → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon SoC

Apple operating systems → supportsArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

Blender → supportsPlatform → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: ARM (Apple Silicon)

Apple Silicon iMac → poweredBy → Apple silicon ⓘ

Darwin operating system → supportsPlatform → Apple silicon ⓘ

subject surface form: Darwin (operating system)

Alfred (macOS application) → supports → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs

Apple silicon transition → usesChipFamily → Apple silicon ⓘ

Universal 2 binary format → supportsProcessorFamily → Apple silicon ⓘ

Universal 2 binary format → supportsDeploymentTarget → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon-based Mac computers

Apple developer transition kit program → hardwareCPUArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

subject surface form: Apple Developer Transition Kit Program

this entity surface form: ARM-based Apple Silicon

Apple developer transition kit program → supports → Apple silicon ⓘ

subject surface form: Apple Developer Transition Kit Program

this entity surface form: Apple Silicon Macs

Quartz → platform → Apple silicon ⓘ

subject surface form: Quartz (Apple graphics)

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Mac

macOS Monterey → supportsArchitecture → Apple silicon ⓘ

macOS Ventura → runsOn → Apple silicon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs