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Apple launched the M1 processor, which will equip the new generation of Macs based on ARM architecture, this Tuesday (10). The company presented the new chip at an event held virtually, due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus. 3g1d3n
The novelty is that this first processor developed by Apple for Macs. With this, the company implements a processor from the Apple Silicon family (which already equips iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch models) in its notebooks and computers.
This is historic because it marks the end of the Apple and Intel partnership for Macs, bringing the biggest change to the company's notebooks and computers in the last 15 years. That's because since 2006, Intel processors have powered Macs.
"It's a new era for Macs, one that takes a giant leap forward."
John Ternus, vice president of hardware engineering at Apple
The new SoC (“System on a Chip“) from Apple is five nanometers, the same as the A14 that equips the iPhone 12 and the iPad Air 2020, and promises high performance with energy savings. In the virtual event, Apple also released MacBook Pro, MacBook Air e Mac Mini. All equipped with the new M1 processor, with ARM architecture. Thanks to this, Apple claims that Macs offer the “longest battery life” in its portfolio.
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According to the company, the focus of the new processor is to combine performance with energy efficiency, in a compact component. According to Apple, this is the first chip for personal computers manufactured by a process with technology to have five nanometers.
The M1 features an octa-core U, which Apple says it offers the world's best performance per watt on a personal computer. The U features four high-performance and four high-efficiency cores, which Apple claims are the fastest in the world.
These four high-efficiency cores alone already offer performance similar to that of Intel's dual-core processor that powers the predecessor generation of MacBook Air, Apple said. And consuming “much less energy”, as the company described it. With that, Apple says that these M1 processor cores are more efficient for processing everyday tasks, such as browsing the internet, in a way that saves battery.
The new M1 processor also features an octa-core GPU, which the company says offers the world's fastest integrated graphics processing (also considering the personal computer niche), with the capacity to run almost 25 thousand threads simultaneously and 2,5 teraflops of throughput. This means that the GPU offers “smooth performance” in heavy and complex tasks, such as running 4K videos simultaneously and rendering complex 3D scenes.
The M1 processor's U and GPU work together with 16 billion transistors and Apple's 16-core neural engine (the Apple Neural Engine), which has the capacity to process 11 trillion operations per second.
In practice, the company says that the new chip offers the same performance as a typical notebook U, only consuming a room of energy needed to deliver that level of performance. Compared to the previous generation of Macs with Intel chips, the M1 processor brings 3,5x faster U performance, 6x faster GPU performance and machine learning algorithm 15x faster, according to Apple.
“With a unique combination of high performance, powerful features and incredible efficiency, the M1 is by far the best processor we've ever created.”
Johny Srouji, Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies at Apple
Apple's new processor features a universal memory architecture, which streamlines technologies access to processor data in the SoC. The company says this improves the performance and efficiency of the processor, which also features a Thunderbolt controller with USB 4 (and “Apple design”, as the company described it) and speed accelerators. machine learning algorithm . The chip also features security mechanisms such as hardware verification boot and engines that encode and decode media.
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To exemplify the “power” of the new processor, Apple reported that the new MacBook Air (which has the M1 chip) can run 18 hours of video and offer 15 hours of internet browsing on just one charge. By way of comparison, in the predecessor model of Apple's notebook, which has an Intel processor, the capacity for these same things is 12 and 11 hours, respectively. And the new model doesn't need cooler, which makes its operation quieter.
The new MacBook Pro, which also features Apple's new processor, is capable of offering 20 hours of video playback and 17 hours of web browsing. Its predecessor offers up to 10 hours in both "categories", according to the company.
According to the company, another advantage of the new chip is that it allows the Mac to get out of “idle mode” instantly, similar to what happens on the iPhone and iPad, in addition to offering good performance even while the device is running 3D programs or 4K video editing.
Another novelty is that Apple optimized macOS Big Sur (latest operating system for Macs) as well as your apps to run on the new M1 processor. According to the company, the purpose of the optimization was to ensure that the system takes advantage of the full capacity of the M1 processor, improving performance, battery life and security features.
The company reported that Final Cut Pro is six times faster and that Logic Pro now handles three times the audio tracks. Already applications and programs from other companies, such as Adobe, should also reach the new Macs with M1 processor. Incidentally, Adobe should release the Lightroom, which is aimed at photo editing, later this year, according to Apple. The company also reported that the Photoshop should arrive in 2021.
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Apple said it plans to bring all models of Macs to its processors in the next two years, reiterating what had communicated at WWDC 2020.
To start this transition, the company offers the Rosette 2, which is a program so that programs initially developed only for the Intel platform can run on the new M1 platform. The program will also ensure that iOS (iPhone operating system) and iPadOS (Apple tablet operating system) apps run on new Macs.
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