Engqungqutheleni yonjiniyela izolo, ngoJuni 22, kwenzeke esinye sezimemezelo ebesilindelwe. I-Apple yethule iMacOS Big Sur emphakathini futhi lolu hlelo lokusebenza luzophatha ukuphatha iMac yokuqala nge-Apple Silicon. I-Mac ayinazo ngokuphelele izingxenye zangaphandle. I-Intel ne-AMD ngeke zisatholakala kubaprosesa bazo nemidwebo. Kepha lokho akusho ukuthi i-Intel ayisasebenzi ku-Apple.
Ubumbano phakathi kwe-Intel ne-Apple luvela kude Futhi hhayi ngoba ufuna ukushintsha izici zangaphakathi zamakhompiyutha we-Apple, ngabe ubudlelwano obukhona phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili buzophucwa. Ngakho-ke okungenani uTim Cook uqobo ukhombisile ekumemezeleni kwakhe inhloso kanye nalabo ababhekele i-Intel.
I-Apple ifuna iMac yokuqala ene-Apple Silicon ne-MacOS Big Sur izokwethulwa ngasekupheleni konyaka. Inguquko ephelele yenzeke eminyakeni emibili. Ngakho-ke eminyakeni emibili, i-Intel kuzofanele iqhubeke nokuxhasa ama-Macs emakethe nabaprosesa bayo futhi basebenzisane ne-Apple kwamanye amadivayisi akhona. Kepha okucacayo ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Intel izowa eceleni kwendlela.
Labo abayingxenye ye-Intel benze lezi zitatimende ngemuva kokuzwa isimemezelo esisemthethweni sikaTim Cook eWWDC 2020:
Intel ihlala igxile ekunikezeni okuhlangenwe nakho kwe-PC okuthuthuke kakhulu kanye nezinketho ezahlukahlukene zobuchwepheshe ezichaza kabusha ikhompyutha. Sikholelwa ukuthi ama-PC anikwe amandla yi-Intel, afana nalawo asuselwa kungxenyekazi yethu yeselula ezayo yeTiger Lake, ahlinzeka amakhasimende omhlaba wonke ngolwazi oluhle kakhulu ezindaweni azazisa kakhulu, kanye nengxenyekazi evuleke kunazo zonke yabathuthukisi, namuhla nakusasa . ».
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Apple akazange awuvale umnyango we-Intel Ngokuqinisekile:
Sihlela ukuqhubeka sisekele futhi sikhiphe izinhlobo ezintsha ze-Mac OS zama-Intel-based Macs eminyakeni ezayo. Eqinisweni, sinakho amanye ama-Macs asuselwa kuma-Intel amasha emisebenzini.