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		frou_dh on Oct 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Sil... 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.

wintercharm on Oct 5, 2018 [–]

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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