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Swift · Apple
"Swift" -- 1st Apple architecture CPU core designed in-house.
Until now, Apple was designing it's chips using standard ARM Cortex cores.
Performance of the iPhone was similar to that of the Android vendors.
From this point on-wards Apple CPU's was a distinct product.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 2012 |
| Arch Generation | 6 |
| Architecture / Codename | Swift |
| Cores / Threads | 2/2 |
| Technology Node | 32 nm |
| Die Size | 97 mm^2 |
| Transistors | ? million |
| Frequency | 1300 MHz |
| Instructions | 32 KB + 32 KB |
| TDP | ~5? Watts |
| Cache L2 | 1 MB |
| Cache L3 | none |