As part of its feature list, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is including an M7 processor in its new iPhone 5S.

If you’re not the techno-geek type, what is sitting on the circuit board may be of little interest to you but there are some reasons you might find it interesting.

The human brain is the most powerful processor in existence, but as we know, when there are too many things going on, the functions of everything suffers. If you’re trying to read but your kids are swirling about asking you for dinner, it’s hard to concentrate on either task—and it tiers you out rapidly.

The same thing happens in computers. When the central processing unit (or CPU) has to do a lot of work at the same time, it slows down and if it runs on battery power, expect the battery to run down faster.

If you’re an athlete at any level, you should care because this paves the way for a host of more sophisticated apps with the athlete in mind.

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Some also speculated that this was the beginnings of a ramp up to its rumored iWatch—a product that Apple will surely market heavily to the more active user.

The M7 processor could be nothing more than a performance upgrade but it could signal things to If yesterday’s event proved anything, it’s that the Apple rumor mill is now pretty good at ruining the fanfare of every new iProduct. If something is on the way, we’ll know about it long before Tim Cook holds another event.

Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Tim Parker was long Apple