Apple Silicon
Everything you need to know.
Apple silicon. Apple silicon is a complete port in the option 1. Apple will continue to support and release new versions of macos for intel based macs for years to come and has exciting new intel based macs in development. That use the arm architecture they are the basis of apple s iphone ipad and apple watch platforms as well as products such as the homepod ipod touch and apple tv apple also designs a soc called the apple h1 for its airpods line. Apple silicon at wwdc 2020.
Apple has kicked off the fourth gigantic mac evolution and it s a transition that s been over a decade in the making. Within apple silicon is also tech to support image processing from the cameras machine learning through a new neural engine audio processing and much more. For developers and apps that either won t or simply can t go native in a timely fashion rosetta 2 will let you launch intel apps and run them on powerpc through a combination of pre or at install time translation. The apple silicon mac is the same as the intel mac you can get your apps from wherever you want.
The system on a chip is the future of. Re engine sense but there are some re imagine aspects as well. Apple designed processors marketed collectively by apple as apple silicon are system on chip soc and system in package sip processors designed by apple inc. The transition is the third time apple has migrated macintosh to a new instruction set architecture isa.
The route apple decided upon is to re engine and partially revamp the. Ceo tim cook announced the plan in his wwdc keynote address on june 22 2020.