Apple M1 system-on-chip
Apple M1, sistema en chip ARM para ordenadores
- Date
- 2020 · confidence high
- Place
- Apple, Cupertino, California, United States (manufactured by TSMC, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
- Credited to
- Johny Srouji and Apple's silicon team
- People
- 👤 Johny Srouji1964–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A 5 nm chip that integrates CPU, GPU, unified memory and AI accelerators, with performance per watt far superior to x86. It showed that mobile architecture could dominate the desktop.
What it led to
- The PC industry's shift towards ARM and in-house chip design
- Vertical hardware-software integration as a competitive advantage
- The rise of TSMC and Taiwan's geopolitical vulnerability
Built on
- RISC architecture and ARM processor1980-1985
- Pure-play semiconductor foundry model1987
- FinFET (3D transistor)2011
- Extreme ultraviolet lithography2019
- RISC and ARM architecture
- EUV lithography
Made possible
- laptops with all-day battery life
- integrated AI accelerators