Amahemuhemu aya ngokuqina njalo. I-Apple izothuthela amakhompyutha ayo siqu kwi-chipset yayo inkambiso eyenzelwe i-ARM, ngaleyo ndlela ilahla abaprosesa be-Intel bamanje. Lolu shintsho kukhulunywe ngalo isikhathi eside, kepha manje kubonakala sengathi luzokwenzeka ngokoqobo kungakapheli unyaka.
I-Apple yaneliseke kakhulu ngalo lonke uhla lwamaprosesa ngokususelwa ekwakhiweni kwe-ARM eliyifaka kumadivayisi alo. I-iPhone, i-iPad, i-iPod ne-Apple TV ifaka la machips, inikeze ukusebenza okuhlukile. Okuwukuphela kwamadivayisi we-Apple angafaki la maprosesa yi-iMac, MacBooks neMacBooks Pro, ngakho-ke ngethemba kusho ushintsho lwezakhiwo.
I-Apple ihlela ukuqala ukuthengisa ama-Mac ngama-processor ayo asuselwa ku-ARM ngonyaka ka-2021, ngokusho kombiko ovela Bloomberg. Le nkampani kubikwa ukuthi isebenza ngabaprosesa abathathu beMac ngokuya nge A14 ezokhweza i-iPhone yesizukulwane esilandelayo. Owokuqala wala maprosesa azoshesha kakhulu kune-iPhone ne-iPad, kusobala.
I-Apple ilungiselela ukwethula okungenani iMac eyodwa nge-chip yayo ngonyaka ozayo, ngokusho kombiko. Kepha isinyathelo sokwenza ama-chips amaningi, senziwe ngamakhodi I-Kalamata, iphakamisa ukuthi inkampani izogcina isuse wonke umugqa wayo wamakhompyutha wedeskithophu namalaptop kude nomthengisi wamanje we-Intel Corp.
I-TSMC izokhiqiza amachips amasha ngokususelwa ekwakhiweni kwamanje kwe-5nm. Amaprosesa okuqala azoba nama-cores ayisishiyagalombili asebenza kahle, abizwa ngekhodi yeFirestorm, nama-cores amane amandla aphansi, abizwa nge-Icestorm. Izinhlamvu eziyishumi nambili sezizonke. I-Apple iphinde isebenze kuma-processor anama-cores angaphezu kweshumi nambili ngekusasa.
Kubonakala sengathi ama-Apple aklama kabili noma aphindwe kane ama-cores ezinombolo i-Intel awanikeza amanye ama-Macs awo. Isibonelo, imodeli entsha yeMacBook Air ine-processor ye-Intel enezinhlamvu ezimbili kuphela. Kungenzeka ukuthi a MacBook ube yidivayisi yokuqala ye-Apple yokuthola amaprosesa amasha, ngoba kunzima kakhulu ukuphikisana nokusebenza kwama-Intel chips wamadivayisi aphezulu.
Amahemuhemu weprosesa ye-Apple, ebizwa ngeKalamata, asekhona iminyaka eminingana. Ngo-2018, inkampani yathuthukisa i-chip ye-Mac ngokususelwa ku-processor A12X ukuhlolwa kwangaphakathi. Lokhu kwavusa onjiniyela ukuthi baqhubeke nokusebenza kulo msebenzi, futhi njengoba kuhlelwe, sizobona imiphumela yokuqala ngonyaka ozayo.