11
Apple's Return to Intel Rumored to Extend to iPhone (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/apple@lemmy.zip
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"Return to Intel" here means Intel fabbing ARM chips.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Yep, this really scared me at first but while reading it does say:

    Intel supplying Apple-designed, Arm-based chips would differ from the era of Intel-based Macs, which used Intel-designed processors with x86 architecture.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
    • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Overheating laptops! Just like the good old days.

    Jokes aside, why would Apple want to work with Intel after proving they were unreliable in the past?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Because before, they were buying Intel’s chips, many of which were being fabbed by TSMC.

    Now, Apple is developing the chips to their own specs, and Intel is joining TSMC as a fab house. Apple controls the design and manufacturing volumes, is the sole customer for the chips, and has an alternative fab house they can turn to if either Intel or TSMC falls down on the job.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent