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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Die-Shots by texse on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:41AM (#25549138)
It may be interesting to look at a more completely labeled die image (eg. a recent AMD laptop chip [1]).

I/O controllers, various PHYs, the display pipeline and the media engine account for a significant fraction of chip.

We also know the M1 has an integrated SSD controller, ISP and Thunderbolt which probably take a good chunk of room too.

[1] https://potatopc.net/amd-renoir-die-annotation-raises-hopes-...

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Die-Shots by kbumsik on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:48AM (#25549566)
> We also know the M1 has an integrated SSD controller, ISP and Thunderbolt which probably take a good chunk of room too.

SSD controller and even Thunderbolt. That's the most integrated SoC I've heard of.

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