Monsoon

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Monsoon is the codename for the high-performance CPU cores used in Apple’s A11 Bionic system-on-a-chip, powering devices like the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple CPU core
CPU core microarchitecture
announcementYear 2017
architectureLevel custom ARM-compatible design
belongsToSeries Apple A-series CPU cores NERFINISHED
bigLittleConfiguration 2× Monsoon + 4× Mistral
codenameFor high-performance CPU cores in Apple A11 Bionic
coreCountInA11 2
coreType high-performance core
designedFor mobile devices
developer Apple Inc.
fabricationTechnology TSMC 10 nm process (via A11 Bionic)
integratedIn system-on-a-chip
introducedWithSoC Apple A11 Bionic NERFINISHED
ISA ARMv8-A NERFINISHED
marketedAsPartOf Apple A11 Bionic NERFINISHED
microarchitectureFamily Apple ARM-based custom cores
optimizedFor energy efficiency at high performance
single-thread performance
pairedWithCoreType Mistral NERFINISHED
powerManagementFeature dynamic frequency scaling
fine-grained power gating
predecessor Hurricane
primaryMarket consumer smartphones and tablets
processNode 10 nm FinFET
successor Vortex NERFINISHED
supportsFeature 64-bit execution
advanced branch prediction
large private caches
out-of-order execution
speculative execution
targetUse performance-intensive workloads
usedIn Apple A11 Bionic NERFINISHED
usedInDevice iPad (6th generation) NERFINISHED
iPad (7th generation) NERFINISHED
iPad (8th generation) NERFINISHED
iPad mini (5th generation) NERFINISHED
iPhone 8 NERFINISHED
iPhone 8 Plus NERFINISHED
iPhone X NERFINISHED
iPod touch (7th generation) NERFINISHED
usedInProductLine iPad NERFINISHED
iPhone NERFINISHED
iPod touch NERFINISHED
vendor Apple Inc. NERFINISHED

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