Technical Terms - Hardware (A-Z) - M1

When was the Apple M1 chip launched?

• November 2020

• January 2021

• March 2020

• December 2019

What type of architecture does the Apple M1 chip use?

• CISC-based

• RISC-based

• x86-based

• ARM-based

How many high-performance cores does the CPU of the M1 chip have?

• 6

• 2

• 8

• 4

What is the GPU core count in the M1 chip?

• 8-core

• 10-core

• 7-core

• 6-core

What is the purpose of the Neural Engine in the M1 chip?

• Audio Processing

• Networking

• Artificial Intelligence

• Graphics Processing

How many transistors are there in the M1 chip?

• 10 billion

• 12 billion

• 14 billion

• 16 billion

What is the RAM capacity of the M1 chip?

• 12 GB

• 8 GB

• 4 GB

• 16 GB

What is the L2 Cache size per performance core in the M1 chip?

• 2 MB

• 4 MB

• 6 MB

• 8 MB

Which variants of the M1 chip were released in October 2021?

• M1 Ultra

• M1 Air

• M1 Pro and M1 Max

• M1 Mini

What is the manufacturing process node of the M1 chip?

• 7 nm

• 1 nm

• 5 nm

• 3 nm