These processors are based on ARM architecture. The latest version of these have tested more powerful and faster than the Intel processors in the lowest priced MacBook Pro, while using less energy.
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This is going to get interesting. Thermal management in current machines takes a lot of design effort; fans, coolers, wasted battery. If you can use an ARM chip and it does’t need any special cooling, the design of laptops and desktop machines gets way simpler.
My 2018 Mac mini with the 6 Core i7 runs hot, I have seen the cores hit 212 F more than once.