Apart from the new iPhone SE and iPad Air, Apple also unveiled a new processor under its M1 lineup -- the M1 Ultra which will be the most powerful CPU in the lineup. They also featured a new Mac that would replace the Mac Pro -- the Mac Studio along with a new display to go along with it -- the Studio Display.
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Apple M1 Ultra is the top-of-the-line CPU in the M1 lineup sporting 20 CPU cores with 16 high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores. For graphics, M1 Ultra has a 64-core GPU. For AI tasks it gets a 32-core neural engine.?
To build M1 Ultra, the die of two M1 Max are connected using UltraFusion, Apple¡¯s custom-built packaging architecture. The M1 Ultra can be configured with 128GB of unified memory.
The CPU claims to be up to 3.8x faster in CPU performance than the fastest 27-inch iMac with a 10-core processor. When compared to the existing Mac Pros, it is up to 90 percent faster than Mac Pro with a 16-core Xeon processor and 60 percent faster than the 28-core Xeon processor.?
Basically, it¡¯s mind-blowingly fast!
Apple also unveiled its most powerful Mac running M1 Ultra -- Mac Studio. The powerhouse (which is also available in a M1 Max variant), with the M1 Ultra can playback 18 streams of 8K ProRes 422 video. All while maintaining a footprint smaller than that of your tiffin box. Heck, you don¡¯t even need wheels to carry it around like the ugly Mac Pro.
The system also doesn¡¯t shy away in terms of I/O and connectivity -- it gets four Thunderbolt 4 ports to connect displays and high-performance devices, a 10Gb Ethernet port, two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, and a pro audio jack for high-impedance headphones or external amplified speakers. Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0. In fact, even the front gets ports -- there are two USB-C ports, which on M1 Max supports 10Gb/s USB 3, and on M1 Ultra supports 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 4.
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Along with the Mac Studio, Apple unveiled Studio Display -- a 27-inch 5K Retina display with edge-to-edge borders, housed in an aluminium body. The display supports true-tone and also comes in an optional anti-glare nano-texture glass.?
The monitor is powered by an A13 Bionic CPU -- the same one that powered the iPhone 11 series -- that handles Spatial Audio on the six-speaker system. The CPU also powers the 12-megapixel ultra-wide webcam along with features such as Centre Stage.?
For connectivity, Studio Display gets three USB-C ports that deliver speeds up to 10Gb/s, as well as capable of fast-charging MacBooks with 96W power delivery while staying connected.?
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