Apple could announce plans to ditch Intel processors for its Macs at WWDC 2020
Could June 22 be the date Apple dumps Intel?
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It looks likeApplecould officially announce its plan to stop usingIntelprocessors in its Macs and MacBooks, in favor of its own chips, as early asWWDC 2020, which begins June 22.
The newscomes from Bloomberg, which has apparently heard from people familiar with the plans. If true, this means that developers of Mac apps (WWDCis primarily aimed at devs) will have time to adjust their apps before the first Macs with the new processors launch in 2021.
It’s long been an open secret thatApple is thinking of shifting away from Intel processors for its Macs and MacBooksand creating its own chips, like it does with the iPhone and iPad.
In fact, it’s likely that whatever processor Apple cooks up for the MacBooks and Macs of 2021 and beyond will be based on the same tech used for iPhone and iPad processors, and which is licensed fromArmLtd.
Bad news for Intel
This will be the first time in the history of Macs when they run on Apple-made processors, and it’s a big blow for Intel, which has provided the CPUs for Macs and MacBooks since 2005.
With Apple making up around 10% of the PC market, that’s a substantial loss of revenue for Intel, though it still dominates laptop and desktop processor sales – for the moment, at least.
Other manufacturers, includingMicrosoft,SamsungandLenovo, have also debuted laptops with ARM-based processors, as well as offering an increasing number of devices that come withAMDprocessors as well.
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We’ve been waiting to hear more about Apple’s processor ambitions for its Mac and MacBook devices for a while now, and it seems we’ll be finding out moreverysoon.
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