Apple announces M1 as first Mac Apple Silicon chip

Apple has announced the M1 at its November event, the first Apple Silicon system-on-chip designed for the Mac.

Said to be designed for low-powered systems while offering as much performance as possible, the M1 is the first in the new series of chips Apple is producing in its two-year migration of the Mac line away from Intel processors.Made using a 5-nanometer process and using 16 billion transistors, the M1 is an eight-core chip that uses four high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores, balancing performance and power. Apple claims it gives the highest performance per watt possible, and delivers the same performance as a dual-core Intel-based MacBook Air.

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