2021 Digital Equipment Summary 5 Points to Watch

MacBook Pro with M1 Pro delivers incredible performance and power savings

2021 is about to end, but this year too, various digital devices have appeared, and it has been a fun year. It is a product that was unthinkable five to six years ago, such as a model equipped with the semiconductor "M1" originally developed by Apple Inc. in the United States, and I just admire the technological progress. The shortage of semiconductors has become a hot topic, but the supply of personal computers and smartphones has not been significantly affected. It was easier to obtain than 20 years when there was a shortage of personal computers and webcams due to the new coronavirus. Let's look back on the trends of this year. Here are five points of interest. [Click here for photos] Summary of 2021 digital devices! 5 major points are here

■ Apple's original chip is sweeping

Apple's proprietary processor "M1", which appeared in the fall of 2020 and became a big topic, became more popular in 2009. First of all, this spring, the iPad Pro tablet was also equipped with the M1. In other words, the heart is the same as the MacBook Air of the personal computer. It was a epoch-making event that the heart of the personal computer and the tablet were shared. I realized that the conventional segregation of PCs such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and smartphones and tablets such as Qualcomm and Taiwan MediaTek is changing. However, it was still quiet so far. The "M1 Max" and "M1 Pro" installed in the new MacBook Pro announced in October showed tremendous performance. A slim notebook has achieved performance comparable to a desktop computer equipped with a GPU (image processing semiconductor). The chip came out with a lot of noise, but many people familiar with information technology (IT) screamed in admiration. I personally use the M1 Pro-equipped model of the MacBook Pro, but I'm surprised that the high processing power of the semiconductor suppresses heat generation and the fan hardly turns. Given its performance, the heat generation and low power consumption are incredible. In terms of performance, Windows PCs that are close to the MacBook Pro will soon appear, but for the time being, it is unlikely that they will be able to compete with heat generation and power consumption.

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