Vortex
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Vortex is the high-performance CPU core microarchitecture used in Apple’s A12X Bionic system-on-chip for iPad Pro devices.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple CPU core
ⓘ
CPU microarchitecture ⓘ |
| architectureFamily | ARMv8-A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 64-bit ⓘ |
| coreCountInA12X | 4 performance cores ⓘ |
| coreCountInA12Z | 4 performance cores ⓘ |
| coreType | big core ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designGoal |
high single-thread performance
ⓘ
improved power efficiency over Monsoon ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| family | Apple A-series CPU cores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundry | TSMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generation |
predecessor of Apple Lightning
ⓘ
successor of Apple Monsoon ⓘ |
| instructionSetArchitecture | ARM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedWithSoC | Apple A12 Bionic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedWithSoCVariant |
Apple A12X Bionic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apple A12Z Bionic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | part of A12X Bionic ⓘ |
| microarchitectureFamily | Apple-designed ARM cores ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
augmented reality workloads
ⓘ
graphics-intensive applications ⓘ tablet productivity workloads ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Tempest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairedWithCoreType | efficiency core ⓘ |
| performanceClass | high-performance core ⓘ |
| pipelineType | superscalar ⓘ |
| processNode | 7 nm ⓘ |
| supports |
64-bit floating-point arithmetic
ⓘ
64-bit integer arithmetic ⓘ ARMv8-A cryptographic extensions ⓘ NEON SIMD ⓘ advanced branch prediction ⓘ out-of-order execution ⓘ speculative execution ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
mobile computing
ⓘ
tablet ⓘ |
| technologyNodeGeneration | first Apple high-performance core on 7 nm ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Apple A12X Bionic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apple A12Z Bionic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDevice |
iPad Pro (3rd generation)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
iPad Pro (4th generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDeviceFamily | iPad Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInProductLine | iPad Pro with USB-C ⓘ |
| vendor | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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