[HN Gopher] Analysis of Apple M1 Is Happening - and, Thermal Ima...
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       Analysis of Apple M1 Is Happening - and, Thermal Imaging?
        
       Author : Bluestein
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2020-12-27 22:26 UTC (34 minutes ago)
        
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       | Bluestein wrote:
       | "It followed the A-series design philosophy, with a combination
       | of large high-performance cores and smaller high-efficiency
       | cores, in this case four of each, compared with the A14's
       | two+four. The GPU has eight cores (vs. four), and the neural
       | engine seems to be the same 16-core block as in the A14. The
       | secure enclave appears to be a SoC implementation of the T2
       | security chip used in earlier MacBooks.
       | 
       | It is Apple's second 5-nm part, almost certainly made on the same
       | process as the A14, with 16 billion transistors, compared with
       | the 11.5 Bn in the A14 from the latest iPhone. We obtained a
       | Macbook Air (13-inch, 256 GB) and removed the M1, and our
       | speculation that the package was like the A12X was correct."
        
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