Apple Announces ARM-Based M1 SoC for the Next Generation of Mac Products

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Following plenty of speculation, Apple has finally lifted the veil on its in-house, ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) that will power its next generation of Mac products: the M1.



According to Apple, the M1 SoC (8 core, 5 nm) boasts not only the world’s best CPU performance per watt, but the world’s fastest integrated graphics as well. The chip is said to deliver twice the performance of a typical mobile CPU at 25 percent of the power, while its GPU can provide up to 2.6 teraflops of throughput.



A new MacBook Air ($999), 13-inch MacBook Pro ($1,299), and Mac mini ($699) are the first products to be blessed with the M1 SoC. Users can expect up to 3.5x faster CPU performance, up to 6x...

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