Apple silicon

E6430

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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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

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

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
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
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
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