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Apple M1 “Silicon”: The in-house ARM processor for the Mac is here

Apple M1 chip
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Apple has today under "One more thing" events introduced the new Apple M1 "Silicon". So from now on they are no longer relying on Intel processors, but on in-house models. We have all the news at a glance for you.

As was already known, Apple will be separating from Intel in the long term and today is introducing its first own processor for the Mac. It is called the Apple M1 or "Apple Silicon". In the future there will be more processors, starting with the Apple M1, manufactured using the 5nm process. This is said to be particularly energy efficient, as the eight cores are divided into two sets of four cores. The first four cores are for lighter tasks and therefore more energy-efficient. Then there are the other four, which are used for more computing-intensive tasks and therefore consume more power. We already know this technology from the iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices.

Apple M1 chip overview

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Apple M1: all chips in one

In previous Macs, Apple has used several chips, each of which had a task. This was the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine and "Secure Enclave" for the security functions. This is now all combined in the Apple M1 chip. The RAM is also in the processor - so there should no longer be any time delay between the processor and the RAM. Also interesting is the 16-core machine learning chip and the 8-core CPU.

Apple M1 Chip Unified Memory Architecture

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There are still 1 billion transistors in the Apple M16. Hardware-verified Secure Boot will now also be available.

Apple M1 works perfectly with macOS Big Sur

And of course the new Apple M1 chip will work perfectly with the new macOS Big Sur. The transition should prohassle free – there will only be one app version for both platforms. That means you don't have to worry about finding the right app for each platform. More and more developers will provide such combined versions over time, Apple has mentioned.

Apple has also made provisions for the event that there is no ARM version of the app yet. Apps that only run on Intel processors are emulated using "Rosetta 2" and therefore also run on the new Apple Silicon. A very exciting concept - no disadvantages for users and less work for developers. Apple will also continue to support Intel Macs and make apps available.

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Macerkopf

yes this is the brave new Apple world, but an ARM chip for CPU, GPU and RAM leave every possibility for one
"Extension" on the part of the user melt away…. now eat or die.

Kidney

And in future it will be over with the "Hackintosh", since the operating system will no longer run on Intel & Co.

Macerkopf

… And Win is not ready to be installed on ARM yet….