For several years there has been a intense debate on the possibility of seeing Macs with ARM chips. Apple has never ruled on it, but the idea is on the lips of several Apple analysts, from time to time. ARM chips allow less resource consumption, but perhaps today they do not offer the same performance or stability as their Intel counterparts.
Vulnerability issues in Intel's chips in all types of computers may have accelerated the adoption of ARM chips on Macs. But this is all guesswork.
This debate seemed parked with the departure of the new 2018 MacBook Pros, but in the last hours, processor firm ARM claims its devices may be outperforming Intel. As we know of the brand itself, su projection for the next several years, it will allow them to get 15% faster CPUs between now and 2020.
Although This claim was made prior to the release of Intel's eighth-generation chips. In the Engadget post, we can find comments about it.
The figures do not include Intel's eighth-generation Core chips, which contain dual cores and could easily narrow the performance gap. This is also based on an integer-oriented synthetic benchmark (SPEC CINT2006), not a broader set of tests that would measure math traits and other performance traits. ARM is doing its best instead of offering definitive proof.
In any case, we can have a competitor in the medium and long term. This competition is good and ARM may catch up with Intel in 2020. In any case, We do not know the reaction or future plans that Intel may have in placeAlthough it is true that after the latest vulnerability incidents, Intel verifies with much more rigor each one of the processors that it puts on the market, so as not to have to correct them after a few months with software patches.
Apple has experience in ARM chips, as they are what we find in iPhones and iPads. ARM actually sells a generic chip, which companies like Apple later adapt to their equipment. Something similar could happen with Macs.