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>It sounded like they just said "A12Z" in a Mac. I'm not entirely sure I got that right. That is what was said, but the A12Z is the current SoC that is in curr
by txcwpalpha 6y ago
>It sounded like they just said "A12Z" in a Mac. I'm not entirely sure I got that right.
That is what was said, but the A12Z is the current SoC that is in current iPad Pros. Craig said that the machine he was on was a "Development Platform" for testing software using the iPad Pro chip. I don't think that necessarily means the new non-iPads will be using the A12Z. My guess is that they are saving the announcement of the new chip's name until later (maybe until the end of the keynote).
edit: no mention at all of the chip specifics or name for new "Apple Silicon". Maybe they're holding that off until the actual hardware announcement later in the fall?
- nicoburns 6y agoI wonder whether they're actually launching a new mac today/soon. They're demoing on a new imac... EDIT: They're launching a mac mini development kit based on the A12Z today.
- raverbashing 6y agoWhen they did the transition to Intel they also had a dev kit which was not based on the final product processor, so I guess history repeats itself (it was a P4 based kit but I don't think we ever saw a P4 Mac)
- numpad0 6y agoYeah a part of the point of Intel Core branding was to allow Mac to use Intel without carrying Pentium name.
- js2 6y agoRight. Also, the "About This Mac" window shows the "Apple Development Platform" is an A12Z with 16GB of RAM. I think the latest iPad Pro is 6GB or 8GB?
- MDWolinski 6y agoI'm making a guess it'll be it's own series of chip. I also predict that it'll be called the M-Series.
- oleganza 6y agothey use "M" for Motion coprocessors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_motion_coprocessors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_motion_coprocessors
- MDWolinski 6y agoGah, how did I forget that...I still think the way they talked, it feels like it'll be a different series but maintain family connections to the A series. But maybe not. Knowing they're using the A series in the Dev kit, maybe it'll just be an A series.