We’re creeping up on the five-year anniversary of Tim Cook’s Apple Silicon announcement, and over a decade of rumors. Here’s how the whole saga started, how it launched, and what to expect in the future.
Apple Silicon is on its fourth generation in five years.
Apple Silicon is on its fourth generation in five years.
After years of dealing with Intel’s chip limitations, Apple introduced the move to Apple Silicon during WWDC 2020. The effort of ditching a well-used architecture would see Apple shifting to its new line of designed in-house chips for its Mac and MacBook catalog, starting later that same year.
That two-year transition from Intel to Apple Silicon started a major change for the company, as well as the industry at large. Beyond claims of high efficiency designs paired with high levels of performance, which you would expect from a chip launch.
