Comment by duskwuff

Comment by duskwuff 2 days ago

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What, in your mind, is a "security processor module"? As far as I'm aware, there is no such entity in Apple systems; security functionality is on the same die as the CPU/GPU. (Which is a good thing; it means that communications between the CPU and that security processor cannot easily be intercepted or interfered with.)

astrange 2 days ago

There is a "secure element" which contains eSIM and NFC and is a separate chip. I believe NXP makes them but don't know. But there's plenty of other chips like power management.

m463 2 days ago

I always heard of the T2 chip.

  • dagmx 2 days ago

    T2 is no longer a thing since the Apple Silicon chips. Apple moved their support chips into the main SoC.

  • GeekyBear 2 days ago

    Those were binned Apple A series chips.

    They used some of parts of it like the secure enclave, SSD controller, biometrics and hardware disk encryption.

    Now days, those components are all already built into the M series chips.