Codenames

For firmware version codenames (BuildTrains), see Firmware Codenames.

This page lists several code names of Apple features.

Broadway 

Apple Card

Durian 

AirTags (seen eg. in the firmware update)

Ensemble 

Universal Control (macOS 12)

Haywire 

Lightning video adapters (eg. Lightning to HDMI)

HiFive 

Chip present in Lightning cable connectors to negotiate the Lightning protocol.

Hydra 

Multiplexing chip in iDevices since iPhone X to deal with the Lightning protocol.

Madrid 

iMessage (appears in iMessage code, data files, and protocol)

Mesa 

TouchID

Rose 

U1 / Ultra Wide Band chip

Stark 

CarPlay

Stockholm 

Apple Pay / Secure Element

Skywagon 

Xcode Cloud

Tristar 

Multiplexing chip in iDevices that deals with the Lightning protocol.

Wormhole 

AirDrop (sharingd used to have classes like SDWormholeConnection)

Unknown names

Codenames seen somewhere, but for which we don't know the meaning or it's not certain, and needs more investigation.

Avocado

Seen in SpringBoard code os_feature_enabled_impl("SpringBoard", "Avocado")

Brook

Private frameworks since iOS 14 (BrookServices and BrookDataCollection).

Futhark

Private framework since iOS 9 (text detection?)

Morphun

Private framework, there's also a MorphunData asset in mesu.

Neutrino

Private frameworks since iOS 11 (NeutrinoCore and NeutrinoKit).

Pegasus

Private framework since iOS 9 (not related to NSO's exploit tool).

Silex

Private framework since iOS 11.

Vapor

Seen in SpringBoard code os_feature_enabled_impl("NotificationCenter", "Vapor")

Viceroy

Seen in multiple frameworks, FaceTime-related.

Xavier

Private framework since iOS 14.

CPU cores

Since the A6, Apple SoCs have Apple-designed CPU cores. This table lists their names.

SoC	Performance core	Low-power core
A6	Swift
A7	Cyclone
A8	Typhoon
A9	Twister
A10	Hurricane	Zephyr
A11	Monsoon	Mistral
A12	Vortex	Tempest
A13	Lightning	Thunder
A14/M1	Firestorm	Icestorm