According to Bloomberg, Apple will be using custom Apple branded CPU's as early as 2020 in their Mac product line. Apple iPad & iPhone already use Apple manufactured CPUs. Switching Mac products to the same architecture will allow iOS apps to run on MacOS without emulation or porting.
Waiting for Intel to release new chips and have inventory has also been a big roadblock for Apple in releasing new products. Having control of their entire product will allow Apple to release hardware on their schedule with fewer dependencies.
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 MacBook Pro already includes their own chips to power certain components like the Touchbar and TouchID.
It is rumored that Apple has started to develop their own modem chips as well to remove Qualcomm out of the supply line as well.
Intel stock already dropped 6% today due to the news as Apple accounts for five percent of Intel's revenue.
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They have been down this route before and it's called PowerPC chip and didn't pan out too well for them. They lack the skills and scale like INTC to create a chip. Let alone doing it in 2 years. What architecture are they going to use? Their own architecture? Good luck with that.
The iPhone shows they have skills and scale, right?
True, but it really took them years to make their chip into something special as the A11 Bionic. Question is, do they have the time to develop a chip that will rival
Intel?
Bro its Apple they can do everything.But the only problem is that they take time to those things.
Interesting
Apple knows what its doing.
Those macs with in-house processor will probably be super fast as its always the case with Macs.
I hope steem goes to the moon before 2020 so I can afford one of those macs hahahah
That is a good one for Apple and bad one for intel. If Apple produces and uses it own chip on the planned Mac, other brands like Dell,Acer,Hp will follow suit and intel stock will drop drastically
Interesting news from Apple and as a Macbook user.. I still must for 2 years before I sell this old one..
Well that is bad for Hackintosh folks, but could be interesting. I am pretty happy with my Ubuntu setup after only using Mac since 2006, and that was just because I couldn't get my linux laptop to work with wifi reliably :D
What they will ditch the next, may be the Samsung panel?
What I'm wondering about most is how fast the new chips will run Windows based apps, since that was one of the big benefits when they shifted to Intel chips, in the first place. Or should this be a non-issue at this point?
Well, Gaming on a mac will get a lot harder now. I suspect that Blizz will be one of a very select few companies that will still support Mac, but the others will jump ship.
Thankfully, I'm not a big gamer. I just hope the savings I'd get from not having to buy multiple versions of the same app for the iphone and the mac will make up for any problems I'd encounter with Windows based apps.
It's not just gaming that will be affected, though. Any other app that currently runs on mac will need to be recompiled in a separate source code. That means TurboTax, Office, OpenOffice, Firefox, Chrome, and everything else will need to resubmit their code if they want to be available in the app store.
This is, of course, assuming that Apple allows apps to run that are not available in the app store. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that they'll try and lock it down, much like what they do with iOS. That way, they're able to prevent malware in apps. But then again, they'll also be able to deny people they don't like. Gab ran into this issue last year. They're currently suing Google over the same reasons, though I suspect that's due to it being a stronger case than with Apple. But that's a whole 'nother story for a whole 'nother conversation.
That's exactly what I'm worried about. Your point on the app store is worth watching out for too. In my case its because some of the apps I use aren't even on the app store. Well at least 2020 is still a few years away.
Full vertical integration lends itself to higher profits, tighter supply chain control, and more flexibility or room for creativity. Smart move by Apple.
I love apple.
Interesting. Apple's own chips. If Jobs was around we could have expected something drastic to happen there as well but then let's see
apple is also trying to make siri better
https://www.exjio.com/2018/04/apple-is-getting-serious-for-making.html