Apple Introduced the New Mac Mini, Its First ARM-Based Product

Apple from Intel during WWDC 2020 conference ARM based While officially announcing that it will switch to A-series chips, it also stated that the first product for consumers will be released in late 2020. However, Apple's first ARM-based product, the Mac Mini, powered by the A12Z Bionic processor, has been officially introduced, albeit exclusively for developers.

Mac Mini, the first ARM-based Apple product, powers the 2020 iPad Pro family A12Z Bionic It has a chipset. According to earlier reports, the A12Z Bionic only offers an additional GPU core over the A12X Bionic chip that powers the 2018 iPad Pro. Still, Apple is offering 3 in 6K Pro Display XDR with A12Z Bionic's Final Cut Pro 4K Pro Res He states that he can easily edit the video stream.

Features of the ARM-based Mac Mini include A12Z Bionic, as well as 512 GB SSD storage and 16GB RAM There is also. The price of the device, which will be released for developers to test their ARM compatible applications, is set at $500. Consumers will have to wait a while longer to buy their own ARM-based Macs.

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple's first series of ARM-based devices will be 13-inch MacBook Pro and said it would be a redesigned iMac. However, there are also claims that Apple may offer an ARM-based 12-inch MacBook model. In other words, before Apple offers the Mac Mini to consumers, new ARM-based MacBook and iMac models may also arrive.

Apple showed a demo for the new Mac Mini A series It did not offer details about the chipsets. Previous reports indicated that ARM-based Macs will use 8 high-performance cores called Firestorm and 4 energy-efficient Icestorm cores that offer improved battery performance.