Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 233

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 233. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Intense burning puts performance in the first.

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Firestorm

Intense burning (a firestorm) puts performance (it’s the Performance or P core) in the first (the M1 chip).

2: Frozen landslide is faster in the second.

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Avalanche

Frozen landslide (an avalanche) is faster (it’s the faster or P core) in the second (the M2 chip).

3: Highest peak is the sprinter in a sixteenth, maybe also the third.

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Everest

Highest peak (Mount Everest) is the sprinter (it’s the faster or P core) in a sixteenth (it’s known to be the code name in the A16 chip), maybe also the third (probably also in the M3 chip).

The common factor

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They are code names for the Performance cores in Apple’s chips.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.