ARMv9-A

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ARMv9-A is a modern 64-bit ARM architecture generation that introduces enhanced performance, security, and AI-focused features for advanced processors used in devices like Apple’s M-series chips.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
ARMv9-A canonical 5
ARMv9 2
ARMv9-A architecture 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ARM architecture profile
instruction set architecture
aiGoal higher ML throughput via SVE2
announcedIn 2021
architectureFamily ARMv9-A self-linksurface differs
surface form: ARMv9
backwardCompatibleWith ARMv8-A
surface form: ARMv8-A software (AArch64)
bitWidth 64-bit
designedFor high-performance application processors
disallows AArch32 in new designs
focusesOn digital signal processing
machine learning
performance
security
includesFeature NEON SIMD
surface form: Advanced SIMD (Neon)

Trusted Execution Environment
surface form: Arm Confidential Compute Architecture

Branch Target Identification
CCA Realms
Memory Tagging Extension
Pointer Authentication
SVE2
SVE2.1
ARM SVE
surface form: Scalable Vector Extension 2

enhanced memory model features
improved cryptography extensions
improved virtualization support
introducedBy Arm Ltd.
performanceGoal higher IPC compared to ARMv8-A implementations
predecessor ARMv8-A
securityGoal confidential computing
isolation of sensitive workloads
standardizedBy Arm architecture specification
supports ARMv8-A
surface form: AArch64
supportsUseCase 5G workloads
cloud computing
edge AI
high-performance mobile gaming
mixed reality
targetMarket automotive SoCs
client PCs
data center
mobile computing
usedIn AI accelerators
Apple M-series
surface form: Apple M-series chips

edge computing devices
laptops
servers
smartphones
tablets

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TrustZone security extension supportedIn ARMv9-A
this entity surface form: ARMv9-A architecture
Arm Ltd. architectureDesigned ARMv9-A
this entity surface form: ARMv9
Acorn RISC Machine supports ARMv9-A
this entity surface form: ARMv9-A architecture
NEON SIMD targetArchitecture ARMv9-A
ARMv8-A successor ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A architectureFamily ARMv9-A self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ARMv9
ARM Neoverse architecture ARMv9-A