Apple silicon

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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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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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MetalFX availableOn Apple silicon
this entity surface form: Apple Silicon Macs
dyld platform Apple silicon
Mac Pro (2023) hasFeature Apple silicon
this entity surface form: Apple silicon SoC
Apple Silicon performance cores usedIn Apple silicon
this entity surface form: Apple Silicon system-on-a-chip processors
Everest vendor Apple silicon
this entity surface form: Apple Silicon
macOS Sequoia supportsPlatform Apple silicon
this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs
MacTeX platform Apple silicon
this entity surface form: Apple silicon Macs