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Title: Apple makes bold claims about its M1 chip for Macs
Post by: HCK on November 13, 2020, 04:05:10 pm
Apple makes bold claims about its M1 chip for Macs

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<p>Apple has unveiled its first Macs with Apple silicon, and they’re powered by an all new Mac-specific chip: the M1. It’s based on the same fundamental design of the A14 (found in the iPhone 12 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3596077/iphone-12-reviews-features-tips-deals-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know.html)), but scaled up to laptop-grade performance levels with more cores, more memory, and higher thermal limits.</p><p>The result, Apple says, is a shocking increase in performance and power efficiency. Here’s what you need to know about the M1 system-on-chip.</p><h2 class="toc">Eight core CPU and GPU</h2>
<p>Where the A14 has a six-core CPU—four high-efficiency cores and two high-performance cores—the M1 expands that by adding another pair of high-performance cores for a total of eight.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3596796/apple-m1-chip-specs-performance-features-power-efficiency.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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