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- A former Intel engineer claims that quality control issues with Intel's SkyLake processors convinced Apple to design its own desktop chips.
- Apple later this year will start shipping Macs with ARM-based chips.
- The switch from Intel to Apple silicon will be a two-year transition, according to Tim Cook.
Apple earlier this week confirmed that future Macs will boast Apple silicon as opposed to Intel-based processors. The transition away from Intel, which Apple categorized as "historic," will take about two years and will start with new Macs set to hit store shelves later this year.
Apple's transition to ARM-based chips can be attributed to two factors. For starters, it's no secret that Apple has long preferred to own as much of the underlying technology in its products as possible. And given that Apple has been designing best-in-class chips for the iPhone for years now, Apple-designed chips on the company's Mac lineup was arguably an inevitability.
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Former Intel engineer sheds light on Apple’s decision to design its own chips originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 21:14:46 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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