Decades ago, Apple started down a path that has revolutionized both its own products and the entire technology industry. Here’s where Apple Silicon began, and where it’s going.
From the very beginning of Apple Computer, the company has relied on core parts made by other firms. The Apple I had a MOS Technology 6502 chip at its heart, though co-founder Steve Wozniak designed most of the other original hardware, including the circuit boards.
Apple continued to invent and patent many technologies as it grew, but it was always reliant on other companies to provide the primary chip powering the machines, the CPU. For many years, Apple’s chip supplier was Motorola, and later Intel.
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