T8103

Illustration of Apple's M1 SoC

The Apple M1 is the first ARM-based SoC designed by Apple Inc as a central processing unit for its line of Macintosh computers.

It was first introduced at Apple's 'One More Thing' keynote on 10 November 2020.
and Apple claims that it has the world's fastest CPU core "in low power silicon" and the world's best CPU performance per watt.

its identified internally as T8103 and the part number is APL1102.

Specifications

General

• Manufacturer: TSMC
• Clock rate: 0.6 to 3.2 GHz (performance cores), 0.6 to 2.0 GHz (efficiency cores).
• Core design: Apple Firestorm x 4 and Apple Icestorm x 4
• Instruction set: ARMv8.6-A

Cache

• Performance cores
  • L1: 192KB instruction, 128KB data.
  • L2: 12 MB (shared)
• Efficiency cores
  • L1: 128KB instruction, 64KB data.
  • L2: 4 MB (shared)

GPU

• Apple-designed eight-core (seven in some models)

Memory (RAM)

• 8GB or 16GB LPDDR4X in a unified configuration.

Devices

iPad Pro

• iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)

Mac

• iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)
• MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
• Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Bootrom

Version

• 5540.0.0.400.2

Vulnerabilities

• None

See also

Application Processor

External links

• M1 on Apple's website
• Apple M1 on Wikipedia