If you’re curious as to the inner workings of Apple’s M1 processor, Howard Oakley over at the Eclectic Lighting Company has put forth an outstanding blog post as to what the processor does that sets it apart from other chips.
The post dives into the use of coprocessors, its memory management, state of the art functions such as deep learning, its use of neural networks, how power is distributed, and how applications are specifically written for it. It’s both technical and approachable, and shows where Apple Silicon has diverged from Intel processors.
Take a gander!