It was 15 years ago this week when Steve Jobs announced the switch to Intel processors. According to a new report, Apple will mark the anniversary by doing a switch again.
This time, the transition will be away from Intel processors. In what has been one of Apple’s worst-kept secrets, the company has been rumored to be working on home-grown ARM-based processors for the Mac for years. Based on the insanely speedy A chips in the iPhone and iPad, the processors could deliver the advantages Apple hasn’t received from Intel in recent years: faster speeds, better graphics, and greater power efficiency.
