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Apple A14 Die Annotation and Analysis – Terrifying Implications For The Industry

October 30, 2020January 10, 2021 Dylan Patel 1 Comment A14, AMD, Apple, Moore's Law, Nvidia, SRAM

Despite TSMC’s claims of a 1.35x shrink on SRAM, Apple’s system cache has only shrunk 1.22x. This has far reaching implications for the industry.
Designers cannot use increased LLC sizes as a crutch forever given N5’s 1.35x SRAM shrink and N3’s paltry 1.2x.

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