Firestorm

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Firestorm is Apple’s high-performance ARM CPU core design used in the M1 chip to deliver fast, power-efficient processing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ARM CPU core design
CPU microarchitecture
architectureFamily ARMv8-A
linked to: ARM
belongsTo Apple silicon CPU core family
linked to: Apple silicon
cacheType L1 data cache
L1 instruction cache
L2 cache
concurrentUseWith Icestorm efficiency cores
coreCountInM1 4 performance cores
coreType high-performance core
designedFor high IPC (instructions per cycle)
iPadOS on Apple silicon
macOS on Apple silicon
linked to: macOS
designer Apple Inc.
instructionSet ARMv8-A 64-bit
introducedBy Apple M1 launch
introductionYear 2020
marketedAs performance core
optimizedFor high single-thread performance
power efficiency
pairedWith Icestorm
powerManagement dynamic frequency scaling
power gating
primaryUse performance-critical workloads
processNode 5 nm class process
roleInSoC general-purpose CPU core
successorOf Apple A13 Lightning core family
linked to: Apple A15 Bionic
supports 64-bit ARM instructions
ARMv8.4-A features
Neon
SIMD instructions
branch prediction
hardware virtualization
memory protection
out-of-order execution
speculative execution
targetPlatform desktop computers
laptops
tablets
usedIn 24-inch iMac (M1)
linked to: iMac

Apple M1
Apple M1 Max
Apple M1 Pro
Apple M1 Ultra
Mac mini (M1)
linked to: Mac mini

MacBook Air (M1)
MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1)
usedInDeviceFamily Mac computers with Apple silicon
iPad Pro with M1
usedInSoCFamily Apple M1 series
linked to: Apple M-series
vendor Apple Inc.

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