Apple is reportedly planning to drop Intel chips from its Mac computers as early as 2020, replacing them with processors designed in-house in the same way the company manufactures iPhones and iPads. The plan, reported by Bloomberg, has been rumoured for several years, as Apple has taken on more chip design for devices. Apple announced its switch to Intel processors in 2005, after years spent building computers on IBM’s powerPC architecture. The A series of chips, which tend to debut on iPhones, are reused with minor tweaks on other devices. The iPhone 7’s A10 is now used in the 2018 iPad and 2017 Apple TV, while the iPhone 6’s A8 chip is used in the HomePod.

Source: The Guardian April 03, 2018 09:11 UTC