Monsoon

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Monsoon is the codename for the high-performance CPU cores used in Apple’s A11 Bionic system-on-a-chip, powering devices like the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple CPU core
CPU core microarchitecture
announcementYear 2017
architectureLevel custom ARM-compatible design
belongsToSeries Apple A-series CPU cores
linked to: Apple A-series
bigLittleConfiguration 2× Monsoon + 4× Mistral
codenameFor high-performance CPU cores in Apple A11 Bionic
coreCountInA11 2
coreType high-performance core
designedFor mobile devices
developer Apple Inc.
fabricationTechnology TSMC 10 nm process (via A11 Bionic)
integratedIn system-on-a-chip
introducedWithSoC Apple A11 Bionic
ISA ARMv8-A
marketedAsPartOf Apple A11 Bionic
microarchitectureFamily Apple ARM-based custom cores
optimizedFor energy efficiency at high performance
single-thread performance
pairedWithCoreType Mistral
powerManagementFeature dynamic frequency scaling
fine-grained power gating
predecessor Hurricane
primaryMarket consumer smartphones and tablets
processNode 10 nm FinFET
successor Vortex
supportsFeature 64-bit execution
advanced branch prediction
large private caches
out-of-order execution
speculative execution
targetUse performance-intensive workloads
usedIn Apple A11 Bionic
usedInDevice iPad (6th generation)
iPad (7th generation)
linked to: 7th generation iPad

iPad (8th generation)
linked to: 8th generation iPad

iPad mini (5th generation)
iPhone 8
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone X
iPod touch (7th generation)
linked to: iPod touch
usedInProductLine iPad
iPhone
iPod touch
vendor Apple Inc.

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