Comment by masklinn

OK, here's the miscommunication: due to your edit

> The A7 runs ARMv7 or ARMv8 using a sort-of A57 dual-core architecture

I understood your use of the word "hybrid" as applying to the ARMv7 compatibility in an ARMv8 chip (which there's nothing hybrid about, since it's part of ARMv8's features).

And apparently you intended it as "Apple's custom chips are relatively minor customizations of standard ARM designs", which you seem to think of as a hybrid between using standard designs and designing from scratch.

Carry on.