The launch of Apple Silicon Macs back in 2020 was one of the longest-awaited developments in the history of Macs. The rumors date back to at least 2014, and with hindsight, the writing was already on the wall when Apple developed its own chip for the first-gen iPad and iPhone 4 back in 2010.
Apple’s hardware chief, Johny Srouji, said last year that the company itself had been working on the project for 14 years …
Mac architecture
The switch to Apple-designed M-series chips was the third time in the (then) 36-year history of the Mac that the company had switched processor architecture:
- 1984: Macintosh launches with Motorola 68000 chip
- 1994: Switch to PowerPC (PPC)
- 2006: Switch to Intel
- 2020: Switch to Apple Silicon
Benefits of Apple Silicon Macs
2020 was the first time that the company had ever designed its own Mac CPU, bringing to its computers the same two major benefits it already enjoyed with the iPhone and iPad.
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