Apple reportedly planning three more Macs with its own chips inside them
Apple plans to put custom processors inside at least three more Macs by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg. There are no details on what the chips will be used for, but the report says they'll appear in updated laptops and a new desktop.
Though Apple has been making custom chips for its phones, tablets, and wearables for years now, the company is only just starting to bring its house-made chips to the Mac. That started in a small way in 2016 with the high-end MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which included a chip that was used to run the Touch Bar and Touch ID. Then last month, Apple included a custom chip inside the iMac Pro that handled, among other things, audio, camera processing, and encryption.
The Bloomberg article includes a detailed history of Apple's chip designs.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by requerdanos on Wednesday January 31 2018, @03:45AM (1 child)
Well, sure we do. Nothing. That's what "down" means in this context.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Wednesday January 31 2018, @12:19PM
Ah, so it's an undocumented mode in which the CPU becomes a highly efficient NOP machine?