Ngalo mfanekiso kaCraig Federighi evula iMac yokuqala kunye neM1 kwilebhu eyimfihlo yeApple Park, iprojekthi yaqalwa. I-Apple Silicon, ngokungathandabuzekiyo eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwinkampani kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
Kwaye ngexesha lalo mboniso, usekela mongameli wesebe lesoftware ye-Apple wachaza ukuba utshintsho lwazo zonke iiMacs ezisekwe kwi-Intel processors ukuya kwezintsha ezinoyilo lwe-ARM, ziya kuhlala iminyaka emibini. Kwaye yonke into ibonakala ngathi imihla iya kudibana, kunye nohlaziyo lokuphela kwalo nyaka weMac yamva nje nge-Intel chip, Mac Pro.
Umshicileli weendaba odumileyo weApple, DylanDTK, ifakwe kwiakhawunti yakho Twitter ukuba i-Apple iceba ukugqiba into ebizwa ngokuba yi "Apple Silicon" inguqu ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Icacisa ukuba ngekota yesine ka-2022, iApple iza kusungula iMac Pro yayo entsha nge-ARM processor, ukuthatha indawo yemodeli yangoku ene-Intel.
Uthe imodeli entsha iya kuxhotyiswa ngeprosesa entsha ye-M. Ayiyi kuba yintsapho ye-M2, kodwa i-M1 enamandla ngakumbi kune-M1 Max yangoku. inokubambelela 40 umphakathi ukusetyenzwa kunye 128 umphakathi yemizobo. Ubuqaba bokwenyani.
Ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ukuba inkampani iceba ukuthatha indawo yangoku IMac ye-intshi ezingama-27 kungekudala, kunye iprosesa Intel, ngokuba Apple Silicon entsha, (kunokwenzeka 32 intshi) ke kuphela Mac Pro uya kuhlala njengoko bastion lokugqibela Intel ngaphakathi Apple computer umnikelo.
Ke xa eyona Mac inamandla ka-Apple ifumana i-makeover emva kwikota yesine kulo nyaka, iprojekthi ye-Apple Silicon iya kuyeka ukuba "yiprojekthi" kwaye iya kuba yimbali, ekubeni utshintsho lweMacs ye-Apple, zonke zisekelwe kwi-Intel processors, ukuba nazo zonke kunye neeprosesa zabo kunye noyilo lwe-ARM luya kube lugqityiwe.