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Given Apple can get so far ahead of the competition with ARM for small devices... I still think it's entirely possible they're going to make their own CPUs for
by grecy 8y ago
Given Apple can get so far ahead of the competition with ARM for small devices... I still think it's entirely possible they're going to make their own CPUs for desktop Macs, and that is the massive hold up on the "New Mac Pro 2019(ish)"
- ken 8y agoThe last time they changed architectures, they stuffed a new motherboard in an old case, to let developers get ready for the change. I think it's unlikely they'll update their flagship Mac to a new CPU architecture without notifying developers first. On day one, all existing apps would perform poorly, and that's not how you promote a new top-of-the-line system.
- tpetry 8y agoExcept they do it like their transition to Intel and emulate all software with the old architecture. But their new architecture would have to be very much better than intel. Or maybe they transpile x86/64 to their arm Rchitecture.
- grecy 8y agoIs there anything that stops them making their own x86-64 CPU?
- astrange 8y agoIntel and AMD's patent pool would have to expire for anyone else to jump in.
- frou_dh 8y agoThey're looking to win back workstation users, not alienate them further with a swathe of software compatibility issues.
- et2o 8y agoI have not seen much evidence for this idea.