Apple has just debuted the M6 chip in its brand new Mac mini, and it’s the world’s first commercially available 2-nanometer (2nm) chip. That means every transistor is roughly 40,000 times thinner than the average strand of hair, which means the Cupertino crew can pack many, many more transistors onto the chip die.
That means higher clock speeds and massive energy efficiency gains without the thermal penalties that normally come with it. But with that additional room for activities, Apple’s done something rather interesting here. I’ve combed through every tiny detail the company’s revealed about M6 to take a deep dive into the silicon.
