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RISC heads for the Linux desktop
Apple strikes out with its own desktop Arm processors, and the world will likely follow, in its own way.
Back at the end of June 2020 Apple made the not entirely unexpected announcement that it’ll eventually be ditching all Intel processors for a CPU architecture of its own design. As you may know, since 2010 Apple has been using its own in-house designed Arm-based mobile processors to power its iPhone and iPad devices.