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Apple M4 Support Added To The LLVM Compiler, Confirming Its ISA Capabilities


Apple compiler engineers have contributed Apple M4 CPU support to the upstream LLVM/Clang compiler via the new -mcpu=apple-m4 target

Try it today to view our site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and more while the proceeds allow us to write more Linux hardware reviews. In recent weeks there's been much speculation around the M4's ISA capabilities and this suspected to be Apple's first SoC relying on the ARMv9 architecture with some suggesting even ARMv9.4. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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