Apple Reportedly Designing Its Own Chip For Mac

Apple has reportedly been planning to design its own Mac chips for years, and it’s likely just a matter of time before they come to fruition. Until then, it’s either slightly compromised.

1. Apple Reportedly Designing Its Own Chip For Machine
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CREDIT: Shutterstock is looking to replace processors made by with its own, custom-built chips, according to The company could switch to its own chips as early as 2020. Shares, which were already in negative territory over trade war fears Monday, were down close to 9 percent following the news. Intel has been supplying processors to ever since the company switched from a previous processor architecture to the company’s chips in 2006. The company is currently responsible for as much as 5 percent of Intel’s revenue, according to Bloomberg.

As part of the transition, Apple is likely going to introduce major changes to its operating system that would take advantage of the capabilities of its new chip sets. Previous reports pointed to plans to run iOS apps made for iPhones and iPads on Macs.

Apple Reportedly Designing Its Own Chip For Machine

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This type of interoperability could get introduced as early as this year, according to Bloomberg.