Apple has an architecture license. I don't know what the terms of the license are but it allows Apple to develop architecture compliant chips. They were one of

Apple has an architecture license. I don't know what the terms of the license are but it allows Apple to develop architecture compliant chips. They were one of the original developers of the original ARM and held a large stock position in ARM Ltd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers