Apple is already using its own chips in iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, and Apple TV products, so it won't be a major surprise for the California-based company to use design, build and use. Apple is planning to use homegrown custom-built processors in its Mac line of computers, ditching Intel, the processors by which powers Apple's current line of computers, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The company could make the switch to its own chips as early as 2020, the report said.
Apple Plans To Build Its Own Chips For Macs From 2020 Replacing Intel
While Apple's reported move away from Intel would be a major shift, it follows years of increasing focus on designing its own chips for its devices. Reuters Apr 03, 2018 07:20 AM IST Apple is planning to use its own chips in Mac computers beginning as early as 2020, replacing processors from Intel Corp, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Apple plans to replace Intel chips; will use its own custom Mac chips from 2020 Apple is reportedly planning to replace processors from Intel Corp. With its own designed CPU chips in its Mac computers as early as 2020, reports. Who cited “people familiar with the plans”, say that the new plan is part of an initiative named “Kalamata”, which is expected to help all Apple devices, including Macs, iPhones, and iPads, and work more seamlessly together. The Kalamata initiative will allow Apple’s design and engineering teams to have a much greater control over the power and features they wish to implement.
The Cupertino giant already designs its own ARM-based chips that it uses in iPhones, iPads, Watches and Apple TV devices. By moving away from Intel chips will allow Apple to freely release new Mac models without having to wait on new Intel chips.
The company will also be able to produce new systems without having to depend on when Intel would be able to put new chips into production. “The shift would also allow Cupertino, California-based Apple to more quickly bring new features to all of its products and differentiate them from the competition. Using its own main chips would make Apple the only major PC maker to use its own processors. Dell Technologies Inc., HP Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., and Asustek Computer Inc. Use Intel chips. “By using its own chips, Apple would be able to more tightly integrate new hardware and software, potentially resulting in systems with better battery life — similar to iPads, which use Apple chips.” The Mac chip plans are said to be in the early stages of development and the transition to Apple chips in hardware is likely to begin with laptops such as the 12-inch MacBook as early as 2020. However, the changes to the software side is expected to begin even before that.
The transition from Intel chips to Apple chips is likely to result in a multi-step transition. Apple is also reportedly working on a new software platform internally dubbed as “Marzipan”, which would allow users to run iPhone and iPad apps on Macs, according to an earlier Bloomberg report.
The move by Apple saw Intel’s stock suffering a setback, as it had dropped by six percent by Monday evening. According to Bloomberg, Apple approximately accounts for five percent of Intel’s annual revenue.
“Apple is planning to use its own chips in Mac computers beginning as early as 2020, replacing processors from Intel, according to people familiar with the plans,” Bloomberg News reports. “The initiative, code named Kalamata, is still in the early developmental stages, but comes as part of a larger strategy to make all of Apple’s devices — including Macs, iPhones, and iPads — work more similarly and seamlessly together, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information,” Bloomberg News reports. Brief article, marked “developing,” in full. MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s reliance on Intel – a smaller company worth less than Apple’s cash on hand – to power their industry-leading Macs brings to mind these two quotes:. I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do. —.
In order to build the best products, you have to own the primary technologies. Steve felt that if Apple could do that — make great products and great tools for people — they in turn would do great things. He felt strongly that this would be his contribution to the world at large. We still very much believe that. That’s still the core of this company. — — Furthermore,: There is no reason why Apple could not offer both A-series-powered Macs and Intel-based Macs. The two are not mutually exclusive iOS devices and OS X Macs inevitably are going to grow closer over time, not just in hardware, but in software, too: Think code convergence (more so than today) with UI modifications per device.
A unified underlying codebase for Intel, Apple A-series, and, in Apple’s labs, likely other chips, too (just in case). This would allow for a single App Store for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users that features a mix of apps: Some that are touch-only, some that are Mac-only, and some that are universal (can run on both traditional notebooks and desktops as well as on multi-touch computers like iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and – pretty please, Apple – Apple TV). Don’t be surprised to see Apple A-series-powered Macs, either. — SEE ALSO: – December 21, 2017 – December 20, 2017 – December 20, 2017 – December 8, 2017 – October 2, 2017 – June 14, 2017 – February 1, 2017 – October 21, 2016 – October 22, 2016 – October 21, 2016 – October 21, 2016 – October 19, 2016 – October 19, 2016 – October 19, 2016 – October 18, 2016 – September 30, 2016 – September 20, 2016 – September 16, 2016 – September 15, 2016.