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  3. /Apple Silicon Unified Memory Architecture

FABLESS SOC INTEGRATING

Fabless SoC integrating CPU, GPU, Neural Engine and I/O

ON-PACKAGE UNIFIED MEMORY

On-package unified memory shared by those engines

APPLICATIONS

AI & HPC · Consumer Electronics

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FABLESS SOC INTEGRATING

Fabless SoC integrating CPU, GPU, Neural Engine and I/O

ON-PACKAGE UNIFIED MEMORY

On-package unified memory shared by those engines

APPLICATIONS

AI & HPC · Consumer Electronics

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Apple Silicon Unified Memory Architecture

Compute & Accelerators

Apple Silicon is a publicly named fabless system-on-chip architecture.

  • AI & HPC
  • Consumer Electronics
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Overview

Apple Silicon is Apple’s fabless SoC platform. The M1 newsroom introduction defines a system-on-chip with CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, I/O and unified memory on a single package so those engines share one memory pool.

Apple’s 10 November 2020 newsroom introduction of M1 describes CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, I/O and unified memory on one package so those engines share a single memory pool. Later M-series chips continue that architecture rather than defining separate catalog listings. This row records the SoC and unified-memory platform, not a foundry process and not every M-series generation. Neural Engine remains part of this architecture rather than a standalone listing. Apple is represented as a custom-silicon designer, not a semiconductor foundry. Architectural details should be confirmed on Apple’s official newsroom materials.

Capabilities

Key characteristics associated with this technology.

  • Fabless SoC integrating CPU, GPU, Neural Engine and I/O

  • On-package unified memory shared by those engines

  • M-series chips are generations of this architecture, not separate listings

  • Apple is a custom-silicon company, not a foundry

Organization

Apple

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  • Apple unleashes M1apple.com (opens in a new tab)

Source & disclosure

Independent discovery listing. This profile was prepared from publicly available information published by the organization. For the latest and complete technical information, refer to the official company source.

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