
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Apple showed off a colorful new iMac desktop and a new iPad Pro, both powered by the company's in-house-designed M1 chip, at the company's first launch event of 2021 on Tuesday.
Livestreaming from headquarters in Cupertino, California, executives touted the speed of the M1 -- the first Apple silicon especially for the Mac -- which is based on technology from British chip design house Arm.