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Apple will start selling Macs that use in-house processors in 2021, based on ones in upcoming iPhones and iPad Pros, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The company is apparently working on three of its own chips, suggesting a transition away from traditional supplier Intel.
The initial batch of custom chips won't be on the same level as the Intel ones used in high-end Apple computers, so they're likely to debut in a new type of laptop, the report noted. These processors could have eight high-performance cores and at least four energy-efficient cores, respectively codenamed Firestorm and Icestorm.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Friday April 24 2020, @12:20PM
Some SBCs use big.LITTLE (Raspberry Pi is a notable holdout). Many mobile devices and some laptops (or iPad Pro) use it.
Even Intel seems to be getting in on the act with the 5-core Lakefield as well as rumored 8+8 core CPUs:
Rumor | Alder Lake-S with 16 cores could see Intel bringing big.LITTLE to the desktop, 80-150W TDP and PCIe Gen4 support in tow [notebookcheck.net]
Intel Alder Lake-S 16-Core Could Bring Hybrid Architecture (big.Little) to Desktop [tomshardware.com]
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