Get to know Apple M1, Intel’s replacement ARM chip in the latest MacBook
The arrival of the latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini variants on Wednesday, marks a new milestone for Apple. For the first time, the three computers used Apple’s own chip, the M1, instead of the Intel Core series processors like previous generations. The transition finally happened after years of rumors. Apple took a similar step in 2006 when it switched from PowerPC to Intel. Fourteen years later, this time it was Intel’s turn to be left behind. Rather than a “processor” or “CPU” like an Intel processor, Apple M1 is more accurately described as a System-on-Chip (SoC) like … Read more