Bloomberg: Apple plans first ARM-powered Macs in 2021
The first Apple-designed chips will have 12 cores: 8 high-performance ‘Firestorm’ cores and four energy-efficient ‘Icestorm’ cores, according to the business-focused publication. It could be a spiritual follower to the MacBook, a 12-inch laptop that was released with Intel’s Broadwell Core M processors in 2015. The move to ARM-based processors could, in the long run, make it simpler to provide applications and software that circulation seamlessly in between smartphone, laptop computer, desktop and tablet PC-sized screens.
The very first Apple-designed chips will have 12 cores: eight high-performance ‘Firestorm’ cores and 4 energy-efficient ‘Icestorm’ cores, according to the business-focused publication. It could be a spiritual follower to the MacBook, a 12-inch laptop computer that was introduced with Intel’s Broadwell Core M processors in 2015. The move to ARM-based processors could, in the long run, make it easier to offer applications and software that circulation effortlessly in between smart device, desktop, tablet and laptop PC-sized screens. It’s unclear, however, what Apple will do to guarantee app compatibility between ARM and x86-based Macs.