Apple’s claim for M1 chip: Apple M1 chip is the new boss (2020)

A brand- new M1 chip that Apple developed wil power the newest Macs. Apple has claimed that their first processor chip(Apple M1) will deliver incredible performance, custom technologies along with revolutionary power efficiency.

In nearly 15 years, for the first time Apple’s newest Mac mini and MacBooks don’t come with Intel processors. Instead, they unveiled the new M1 system-on-chip  as a powerful replacement for Intel CPUs’ generations that has powered Apple computers since 2006. Here’s what it can do and what you need to know about the M1 chip. 

Apple’s new system-on-chip equipped with 5 nm processor will power its new generation of Arm based Macs. It will power Apple’s new Mac mini, MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro where Apple claimed for MacBook Pro to offer longest battery life ever in a Mac. The M11 is the first appearance of new paradigm that Apple has dubbed its Macs with Apple silicon. 

Just like the A14 Bionic powering its latest iPhones, Apple has instituted its chip with same fundamental design. With more memory, more cores and higher thermal limits, it is scaled up to laptop-grade performance levels . 

Highest performance processor instituted by Apple :

Apple has pronounced that the new processor will focus on conjucating the performance and power efficiency. Apple also claims that its eight- core CPU Offers the world’s best performance per watt of CPU. At a quarter ethe power draw, It delivers the same peak performance as a typical laptop CPU does. 

M1 features four fast performance CPU cores to run a single task in efficient way along with maximizing the performance. It is paired with the th four high – efficiency cores to handle lighter workloads. Thus, it offers a comparable performance to present dual-core MacBook Air. 

M1 is also equipped with upto an eight-core GPU, which Apple claims that it is the most advanced graphics processor that they have ever built. It is the fastest integrated graphics. In addition, the processor has a universal memory architecture, a 16-core Neural Engine, an image signal processor,  an “Apple-designed Thunderbolt controller with support for USB 4,”media encode and decode engines and a host of security features along with. This include encryption, hardware–verified source boot and runtime protection. 

The entire chip is designed to excel at AI and machine learning. For this, it is equipped with machine learning accelerators and the Neural engine. It’s 16- core design can execute a massive 11 trillion operations per second. 

How fast the Apple M1 chip is? 

For an idea of how power efficient the chip is, performance tests conducted by Apple resulted that the new Apple M1 MacBook Air can play upto 18 hours of video playback (up from 12 hours previously on 1.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based  MacBook Air) and offers upto 15 hours of wireless Web browsing (up from 11 hours before) on a single charge (are they kidding us). 

Also, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro offers upto 20 hours of videos playback (upto from 10 hours previously on Intel-powered MacBook Air) and 17 hours of wireless Web browsing (up from 10 hours before). 

With introduction of Rosetta 2, Apple is offering translation software for apps that are not yet optimized for the new processors. Thus, M1 and MacOS Big Sur can seamlessly run the apps that have not yet transitioned to their Universal Versions. 

Existing iPadOS and iOS apps will also run natively on the new machine systems. For the first time, the user can run their favourite iPhone and iPad apps directly on Mac. Thus, you will get more games to play and have more content to watch. 

MacOS Big Sur brings more apps to Mac than ever through Apple M1. As it is packed with technologies that allow you to run a large number range of apps than ever before. The apps collection will grow as developers continue to build new apps for M1 providing the biggest collection ever for Mac. 

Intel pronounced that they believe Intel – powered Pcs- like those based on 11th Gen Intel Core Mobile processors – provide global users / customers the best experience in the areas they value most. As well as it provide the most open platform for developers both today and into future. 

An entire System-on-chip : Apple M1 chip

Earlier Macs used to use several separate chips for CPU/GPU, RAM, I/O, thunderbolt controller and the T2 chip for security. With M1, all of those chips are unified into a single memory architecture. M1 combines its  low‑latency memory, high‑bandwidth into a single pool within a custom package, With UMA (unified memory architecture). 

Thus, the brand new M1 provides Massive CPU performance, fastest integrated graphics, next generation of machine learning, Ridiculous battery life, advanced security and much more.