title: Are armv8 and arm64 the same?
body: <blockquote>
  <p>In xcode which is the developement environment for iOS. When creating
  a new project. Build settings states that it supports <strong>armv7</strong>, <strong>armv7s</strong>
  and <strong>arm64</strong> architectures.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><strong>The following chart shows apple devices architectures:</strong>
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OMo1R.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OMo1R.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p><strong>armv8</strong> not mentioned anywhere. Does that mean <strong>armv8</strong> and <strong>arm64</strong> is the same thing?</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>I wonna use the following binary:
  <a href="http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org/Documentation/OfficialBinaries" rel="noreferrer">http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org/Documentation/OfficialBinaries</a></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>It says that version 1.5.1 of this binary supports armv8 architecture. That also indicates that armv8 and arm64 are the same thing.</p>
  <p>Another question but about the binary. Does the link indicates that its safe to use the 1.5.1 version for iOS?</p>