[HN Gopher] Analysis of Apple M1 Is Happening - and, Thermal Ima... ___________________________________________________________________ Analysis of Apple M1 Is Happening - and, Thermal Imaging? Author : Bluestein Score : 3 points Date : 2020-12-27 22:26 UTC (34 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.techinsights.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.techinsights.com) | 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." ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-27 23:00 UTC)