“Apple will offer Macs equipped with an ARM processor, the same silicon used in the iPhone and iPad, an analyst said, calling the move ‘inevitable’ because of the company’s emphasis on security and encryption,” Gregg Keizer writes for Computerworld.
If Apple truly wants to bring their security philosophy to their products in every part of the ecosystem, they must also do what many predict and make A-series processors for Macs… [Apple] has convinced me even more [that] A-series processors for Macs are inevitable. — Ben Bajarin, Creative Strategies analyst, Tech.pinions, April 19, 2016
“‘Secure Enclave sits in the middle of making all secure bits secure,’ said Bajarin. ‘The more I look back on that, it’s clear that Secure Enclave plays a much larger role than we have given it credit for,'” Keizer writes. “Bajarin didn’t limit his analysis to Secure Enclave, but instead pointed out the top-to-bottom control that Apple maintains over security on its devices. It crafts the A-series silicon and the Secure Enclave co-processor; it develops and maintains iOS: nothing is off the shelf, and it relies on no outside party.”
Keizer writes, “If security is at root a critical component of Apple’s strategy, Bajarin argued, it surely must expand from the iOS platform to the Mac.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yup.
Think code convergence (more so than today) with UI modifications per device. A unified underlying codebase for Intel, Apple A-series, and, in Apple’s labs, likely other chips, too (just in case). This would allow for a single App Store for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users that features a mix of apps: Some that are touch-only, some that are Mac-only, and some that are universal (can run on both traditional notebooks and desktops as well as on multi-touch computers like iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and – pretty please, Apple – Apple TV). Don’t be surprised to see Apple A-series-powered Macs, either. — MacDailyNews Take, January 9, 2014
There is no reason why Apple could not offer both A-series-powered Macs and Intel-based Macs. The two are not mutually exclusive. — MacDailyNews, January 14, 2015
In order to build the best products, you have to own the primary technologies. Steve felt that if Apple could do that—make great products and great tools for people—they in turn would do great things. He felt strongly that this would be his contribution to the world at large. We still very much believe that. That’s still the core of this company. — Apple CEO Tim Cook, March 18, 2015
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KGI: Apple is designing its own processors for Mac – January 14, 2015
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Why Apple will switch to ARM-based Apple A-series-powered Macs – August 27, 2014
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Apple will inevitably drop Intel for their own A-series processors in the Mac – June 26, 2014
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