Intel to Apple Silicon Transition for Mac Announced Five Years Ago

Apple silicon was announced 5 years agone this week.


Following years of rumors, Apple successful June 2020 unveiled its program to modulation the full Mac lineup from Intel processors to its ain custom-designed chips.

Later that twelvemonth saw the merchandise of the archetypal 3 Mac models powered by Apple silicon, including a 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini.

Apple had plentifulness of acquisition aft a decennary of making customized iPhone and iPad chips.

The institution promised, and delivered, industry-leading show per watt for Macs. This feat allowed it to region the instrumentality wrong the MacBook Air, fixed the improved powerfulness ratio resulted successful little vigor being generated successful the ultra-thin laptop.

"With its almighty features and industry-leading performance, Apple silicon volition marque the Mac stronger and much susceptible than ever," said Apple CEO Tim Cook, successful a property merchandise announcing the modulation to Apple silicon.

"I've ne'er been much excited astir the aboriginal of the Mac," added Cook.

He had bully crushed to beryllium excited.

Over the past 5 years, galore Apple fans would hold that the Mac has gone done a renaissance. Apple silicon delivered almighty show and powerfulness ratio astatine a fraction of the terms of the highest-end Intel-based Macs. Apple besides went a measurement further by bringing backmost ports similar HDMI and MagSafe. In galore ways, the Mac has ne'er been successful a amended place, particularly compared to the mid-2010s epoch erstwhile MacBooks were equipped with faulty butterfly keyboards, and often ran large and blistery to the touch.

Apple precocious announced that macOS Tahoe volition beryllium the final macOS release that is compatible with Intel-based Macs.

"From the beginning, the Mac has ever embraced large changes to enactment astatine the forefront of idiosyncratic computing," said Cook.

A large alteration was an understatement. Apple silicon wholly changed the crippled for the Mac erstwhile it was archetypal announced 5 years ago.
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