Apple will abandon Intel chips and use self-designed chips

Apple held the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, and the company released a series of new software, including the latest version of the iPhone operating system iOS. At the same time, Apple also announced that the company will abandon the use of Intel chips on all Mac computers and use self-designed chips, and said that this transition will make Apple’s laptops and desktops more processing speed. fast.
 
Apple said that future Mac computers will use chips designed by the company. Previously, Apple used Intel chips on Mac laptops and desktops. Cook said that this is a "giant leap." Apple says it is designing its own chip specifically for Mac computers to provide higher performance while reducing power consumption.
 
At present, Apple has used its own chips in its iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV products, and said that so far it has shipped more than 2 billion chips. In addition, Mac computers equipped with Apple's own chips will also be able to run iPhone and iPad software.

 
Apple emphasized that one of the reasons the company made this change is that it hopes to use less power while achieving higher performance. This transition will require software developers to update their software for compatibility. Apple says developers can get their new applications up and running in "a few days," and there are many new software features that allow developers to easily port them. Applications. Apple said that Microsoft and Adobe are already updating their software-including Photoshop and Excel-to run on new Mac computers.
 
"Everything developers need to develop applications for these new chips is included in Xcode." Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Apple Software, said.
 
Users will be able to use applications that have not yet been updated through a new feature called Rosetta 2, which will provide backward compatibility for compatibility with Intel chip-based features and will also support "virtual machines", allowing software developers to MacOS runs Linux as an application.
 
Apple said that Apple’s own professional applications, including Final Cut Pro, are already compatible with the new Apple chips.
 
At this conference, Apple did not announce a new consumer computer using its new chip, but it will launch a Mac Mini with an Apple chip for software developers.