Apple to ditch Intel and move to its own Apple silicon in a two-year transition for the Mac
THIS YEAR’S WWDC SAW PLENTY OF UPDATES TO APPLE’S OPERATING SYSTEMS, BUT BY
FAR THE BIGGEST NEWS WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SWITCH FROM INTEL TO APPLE’S OWN PROCESSORS IN MACS. In a move similar to the 2011 transition from PowerPC to Intel, Apple will gradually be transitioning its entire fleet of Macs to ARM-based processors, called ‘Apple silicon’, over the next two years. Apple silicon is already found in Apple’s iPhone and iPad models and its inclusion in Macs opens up new vistas of compatibility across all of Apple’s devices. Apple silicon, however, will require a complete rewrite from the ground up of all Apple’s software including its macOS operating system.