Apple wants to stop the cooperation with Intel
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
In order to make a clear distinction between its products and PC based on Windows Apple company went on a serious and decisive step. Close to its leadership sources told that the American manufacturer has plans to fully to refuse to cooperate with Intel, and hence from the processor of the chip maker in the future rulers and Mac MacBook.
The company plans to end the work with Intel has been discussed before, but is still officially it was not about that. In 2010 Apple was in talks with AMD on closer cooperation, although the active actions then were not taken.
At the moment, Advanced Micro Devices is able to be a substitute for Intel, delivering its chips for the Mac and laptops MacBook Air Pro and new computers. Although performance AMD solutions lags behind rival products. However, Apple may have other plans. For example, utilizing iPhone 5 in system-on-chip (SoC) A6, which is based on processing core own development, the company is considering the possibility of creating their own processors for laptops and desktops stations. ARM architecture is quite beneficial for use in thin MacBook Air because of power down, but "pulls" Is it a full-fledged operating system?
While the fate of the ARM within the company laptops are still a big question, the termination of cooperation between Apple and Intel appears more and more messages. Everything goes to the fact that the story will make another round, as his time was with a PowerPC processor from IBM. After the output OS X Snow Leopard marked in 2009 end of an era Power PC Mac. "Snow Leopard" supports only Mac with an Intel platform on board.
[via Apple Insider]