Report leaks the new chips that will power Apple Silicon Macs

[Chris Smith]

• A report says Apple is working on several versions of the A14 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone 12 series for the upcoming Apple Silicon MacBooks.
• Processors like the A14X and A14T will power future MacBooks and iMacs, according to the report.
• The A14T iMac will arrive next year, with Apple supposedly working on a custom 5nm GPU for the all-in-one desktop as well.

Apple confirmed this summer that it plans to transition its Macs from Intel chips to its own Apple Silicon. We saw the first demo of such a device during WWDC 2020, at which point Apple said the first Macs with Apple processors would ship by the end of the year. Apple is widely expected to host its third virtual press conference of the second half of the year soon. The company introduced the new Apple Watch and iPads in mid-September, and then the four iPhone 12 phones in mid-October. Apple supposedly plans to unveil the first MacBooks with ARM processors in mid-November. Reports indicate that Apple might launch next month a couple of MacBooks powered by Apple Silicon. We’ve speculated more than once that the Apple Silicon that Apple will use will be variations of the powerful A14 Bionic chip that Apple uses inside the iPhone 12 series. That’s what Apple did for years with the iPad line, and the latest iPad Air is proof of that. The 2020 Air tablet was actually the first Apple device confirmed to feature the A14 chip. A report from China indicates that Apple may be readying several A14 variations for upcoming Macs, including one that would power an iMac.

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