Apple Unleashed highlights: MacBook Pro, new M1 chips, AirPods 3 announced

Apple's Unleashed event has concluded. At the event, the American technology giant announce two new trims, the M1 Pro and M1 Max, of its ARM architecture-based chip for Pro PC lin

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What to expect: MacBook Pro refresh with new chip and more

Apple is expected to announce a 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, both powered by the M1 chip successor. Both the models are expected to feature a mini-LED display technology, which was first used in the 12.9-inch iPad Pro announced earlier this year. Other upgrades may include the addition of an HDMI and SD card slot, both of which were missing in the M1 chip-powered MacBook Pro.

 

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What to expect: M1 chip successor

The second-gen Apple Silicon is expected to bring performance improvement across the board, including computing and graphics. According to a news report in Bloomberg, the new chip will feature a ten-core CPU (central processing unit) with eight performance cores and two efficiency cores as part of the package. The new chip is expected to come with 16 or 32 graphics core variations. As part of the upgrade, the chip is expected to support up to 64GB RAM.

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Apple Unleashed event: Keynote starts at 10:30 pm; watch livestream