That means apps will be written from the ground up to squeeze the most out of the silicon. Native apps - New apps for Apple-powered Macs will be coded to run natively.

You need only take a look at the kind of harmonic hardware and software tango Apple has achieved with its A-series chips for iPhones and iPad to appreciate why this shift for Apple is a big deal.īut what about your apps? What will it mean for compatibility? Don’t you worry, your x86 apps designed for Intel chips will “just work” on any Mac powered by Apple silicon. Using its own silicon also gives Apple numerous other advantages: increased performance, higher power efficiency, and the ability to add more purpose-built for features and technologies Apple is heavily invested in. Apple can ramp up its Mac release timeline - there will likely be more frequent Mac hardware updates that are not chained to Intel’s chipset releases (and delays). Fifteen years after Steve Jobs successfully switched Macs off PowerPC to Intel (and in turn allowed Windows to run on them), Apple is ditching Intel to forge a new roadmap for the Mac.īy switching to its own custom silicon, future Macs will presumably no longer be dependent on another company’s chip progress. The news is a major blow to Intel, which has enjoyed bountiful profit from supplying Apple with its x86-based chipsets for its Macs. WWDC’s worst kept secret - Apple transitioning away from Intel processors to its own custom ARM-based chips - is official.

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