{"id":11579,"date":"2020-11-11T12:17:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T01:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2020-11-11T12:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T01:17:23","slug":"apple-debuts-new-macbook-air-macbook-pro-mac-mini-powered-by-their-own-m1-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/apple-debuts-new-macbook-air-macbook-pro-mac-mini-powered-by-their-own-m1-chip\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple debuts new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro & Mac Mini powered by their own M1 chip"},"content":{"rendered":"
As expected Apple’s “One more thing” event was the launching pad for the company’s first wave of Apple Silicon powered machines in not one, but three families of Macs.<\/p>\n
The M1 chip is Apple’s Mac do-it-all<\/em> chip akin to the “A” range that powers their iPhones & iPads. Inside the 5nm M1 chip you’ll find 7 or 8 cores (depending on the model) filled with 16 billion transistors (wah-wee-wah, that’s a lot?) a custom CPU, GPU and Apple’s Neural Engine.<\/p>\n Why have they done this? Well the custom silicon allows Apple to control the whole picture. From the instruction set that software interacts with, to how the components communicate, power management and more. This in turn gives back a significant performance boost, Apple saying up to a six times on the CPU and graphics fronts when compared to the previous Mac Mini for example.<\/p>\n All three versions of the Mac getting the M1 chip are available to order now and are shipping November 17th.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
13″ MacBook Air<\/h2>\n