… Rosetta 2, which lets Apple‑silicon Macs run Intel-only software, is only temporary: Apple has warned that it will remove Rosetta in a future macOS release, though reports differ on whether that happens with macOS 27 or 28, per this Ars Technica post from last year.
… The 13-inch MacBook Neo launched in March as Apple's most affordable Mac notebook, starting at $599. The model's combination of price, form factor, and modern Apple silicon has driven strong interest from students and first‑time Mac buyers. …
… While GPUs used to serve as the early "pipecleaner" designs for new nodes, Apple and Qualcomm have filled that role for several years now. AMD moved to 7nm roughly 10 months after Apple. …
… It's likely Apple will retain this unified bus for future products. Apple could grow its effective memory bandwidth by making the bus wider or by increasing RAM clock. …
For years, analysts have reported on the shadowy negotiations between the world's largest foundry, TSMC, and Apple as the two companies haggled and discussed the shape of future collaboration. …
… Apparently money from Silicon Valley venture capitalists has been in short supply lately. I'd wager that's because the future of wearables is still very murky, and Pebble's more recent smartwatch efforts haven't been met with universal praise. …
… Apple may have more to say about how many x86 systems it shipped versus how many M1 chips during its next conference call. The company is quickly transitioning away from the x86 architecture, but it can't position its x86 chips as poor options relative to the M1 or future M-class CPUs. …
… Out of that came ARM , and Apple owned 43% of ARM. I was pushed out of Apple in 1993 because I refused to license the Mac software. I thought it would bankrupt the company. Apple did license the Mac software, and almost did bankrupt the company. …