secure storage/secure boot while acting as the SSD controller, crypto functions via the Secure Enclave with TouchID processing.
Video codec for encoding/decoding H.264/H.265.
Also handled the hardware for the microphone/speakers, camera, light sensors so that these would be isolated from the main OS. It handled Hey Siri voice command recognition.
It also had independent power/sleep levels from the rest of the system, and handled power/thermal management from what I understand.
Probably because it didn't operate as the NIC, they didn't move system/application background tasks like watching for push notifications or checking email.
Yup. It did. To me the transition happened in front of our eyes because the T2 chip was Apple stopping development of new hardware features on Intel. All that came to T2 could have been done on Intel but Apple was already committed to the switch so they started the work early and made it so they didn’t have to do it twice.
Video codec for encoding/decoding H.264/H.265.
Also handled the hardware for the microphone/speakers, camera, light sensors so that these would be isolated from the main OS. It handled Hey Siri voice command recognition.
It also had independent power/sleep levels from the rest of the system, and handled power/thermal management from what I understand.
Probably because it didn't operate as the NIC, they didn't move system/application background tasks like watching for push notifications or checking email.