M1: Apple reveals first Mac chip it has designed itself

Apple has revealed the M1, the first ever Mac chip that it has designed itself.It will arrive in a new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini, each of which Apple claimed offer vastly improved performance when compared to their Intel-based predecessors.Apple had announced in June that it would move away from that Intel architecture, and towards “Apple Silicon” – chips designed in-house and made by ARM.