Report that Apple will release a Mac equipped with its own ARM chip in 2021
Bloomberg reported that Apple is developing its own ARM chip based on the A14 processor, which is expected to be installed in the next iPhone, and plans to release a Mac equipped with this chip by the end of 2021.
Apple Aims to Sell Macs With Its Own Chips Starting in 2021-Bloomberg
According to Bloomberg, Apple is developing three proprietary SoCs based on the A14 processor, and the project is called 'Kalamata' internally. One of them is much faster than the processors in iPhones and iPads, so it is expected that Apple will switch the chips on Macs from its current supplier Intel to in-house development.
The news that Apple will release its first Mac with an ARM processor is in line with analyst Minchi Kuo 's predictions about Apple's highly accurate leak information.
Analysts predict that Apple will release the first Mac with an ARM processor in 2021-GIGAZINE
According to Bloomberg's insight, the new chip will be produced by TSMC in Taiwan using a 5nm process. This move was also predicted by Minchi Kuo in 2018. 'Apple, Intel, and TSMC spokespeople declined to comment,' Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg reports that Apple will also develop Mac chips in-house, aiming to integrate the app ecosystem and facilitate Mac updates by using the same chip technology on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. I am. Bloomberg also points out that the integration of the chips also has the benefit of reducing the dependency on Intel, which is unable to maintain the performance improvement rate. According to Bloomberg, even if the chip design is unified, macOS will not be integrated with iOS.
The chip installed in the 4th generation iPad Pro released on March 25, 2020 consists of 8 cores, 4 cores for high-performance calculations and 4 cores for power saving. On the other hand, the ARM processor under development will consist of 8 cores for high performance called 'Firestorm' and 4 cores for power saving called 'Icestorm' for a total of 12 cores. In addition, Bloomberg said, 'Apple is also considering a Mac processor with more than 12 cores.'
Bloomberg said, 'Apple's first custom chip for the Mac does not match the performance of Intel's MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro chips, so the first device with an Apple chip will be the MacBook. I predict. '
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