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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 an
by texse 6y ago
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-of-desktop-chips-featuring-x16-peg/ https://potatopc.net/amd-renoir-die-annotation-raises-hopes-...
- kbumsik 6y ago> 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.