Built into the M2 chip, the unified memory architecture means the CPU, GPU, and other processor components don't need to copy data between one another, and are able to access the same data pool. This memory architecture means that the RAM is not user upgradeable, which isn't too much of...
Apple's new iPad Air contains the M3 chip, upgraded from the M2 chip in the previous generation, so how much better really is M3? With the...
Here’s everything you need to know about Apple's new M2 chip and how it compares to the last-generation M1.
Whether you go with an M1 or M2 device has more to do with which device it’s in rather than the chip itself. In most applications, the M1 line is still more computer than most people need. We think people who need access to that additional GPU power should seriously consider M2...
M2 The M2 processor is an improvement over the M1 in every metric. Of course, it doesn't outperform the higher-end M1 Pro or beyond because it isn't meant to — this is the entry chip. The single core score of 1869 for the M2 is a slight bump over the M1's 1707. Graphics, how...
The SoC (or system on a chip) architecture is different. Althoughthe earliest SoC implementationswere made for LED watches in the 1970s, they didn't have processors in them. Instead, modern SoCs can be traced back to the 1990s. That's when chip-making machines had evolved to ...
Apple's platform architecture VP Tim Millet and product marketing VP Bob Borchers weigh in on the benefits of bringing chip design in-house. Inan interviewwithTechCrunch, Apple executives sat down to discuss Apple's shift to silicon and what it means for consumers, and where they h...
Lastly, Apple showed a test of creating Music with their Logic Pro software. Here we see a very small gain from the M1 to M2 chips, but a rather large increase in performance from the M2 to the M3 chip. Still, since we don’t have a lot of concrete numbers, the time increa...
When the first M1 Macs were released in late 2020, Homebrew and other development tools were not quite ready to run in native mode with the Apple Silicon chip ARM architecture. Today, that is no longer an issue for modern Ruby development. ...
The second generation of Apple silicon is here with the M2 chip, but how does it compare to the existing M1 lineup?