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ARM Cortex A8 · Apple
1st gen of Apple Silicon. Apple decided to design it's own chips.
A Big gamble, that paid off Big time a decade later with the Apple M1 triumph.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 2010 |
| Arch Generation | 4 |
| Architecture / Codename | ARM Cortex A8 |
| Cores / Threads | 1/1 |
| Technology Node | 45 nm |
| Die Size | 53.3 mm2 |
| Transistors | 149 million |
| Frequency | 800-1000 MHz |
| Instructions | 32 KB + 32 KB |
| TDP | ~5? Watts |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB |
| Cache L3 | none |
| Cache | 0.5 MB |
| Memory Type | ? |
| Memory Bandwidth | ? |
| Memory Size Max | ? |