Last month Apple introduced its ARM based M1 SoC. Built on the 5nm process node, the M1 sports 16 billion transistors compared to the 11.8 billion used on the A14 Bionic, the chip used on all four of Apple’s 5G iPhone 12 series handsets. The M1’s CPU and GPU both have eight cores and are said to deliver twice the performance as currently used laptop chips. The M1 was unveiled on a new entry-level MacBook Pro laptop, a revamped Mac mini desktop and the MacBook Air line. The M1 replaces Intel processors.
