Apple may announce its long-rumored shift to ARM for the Mac as soon as its WWDC at the end of June, if a new report is accurate.
The report on Tuesday morning, by Bloomberg, is only the latest in a long line of reports leading to ARM Macs. However, it does allege new information.
Primarily, the report notes that availability of hardware isn’t expected until 2021. Additionally, the ARM Mac is said to be based on TSMC’s 5nm chip fabrication process. Also in the report, Bloombergclaims that Apple is working on at least three of its own processors for the Mac, with the first based on the A14, but not identical to it.
Tuesday’s report is the culmination of six months of escalating rumors about the ARM Mac. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in February that the the ARM Mac would start shipping in 2021. A follow-up report in March had the analyst move that up a bit to the end of 2020.
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