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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by frou_dh on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:36PM (#18151065)
IIRC one of the changes from the A10 to the A11 was that the different sized cores started being able to run simultaneously.

Apparently the smaller Tempest core from the A12 is being used as the main core in the new Apple Watch. Talk about, uh, synergy.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by wintercharm on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:59PM (#18152415)
Yeah. The S4 Apple watch SoC is actually using Two Tempest (LITTLE) cores.

Pretty awesome, if you think about It. That little watch is more powerful than it appears.

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