It has been fifteen years since Apple switched from PowerPC to Intel processors. Now, the next paradigm shift is almost upon us, with Apple set to change to ARM processors from as early as 2021. Set to be based on an improved A14 chip, the first ARM-powered MacBook will supposedly exceed all performance expectations.

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Hinted at in his roundup of all things Apple, Mark Gurman has now published a report on Bloomberg claiming that Apple will pivot macOS to in-house processors from next year. As we covered last month, rumours about a wholesale transition for Apple to ARM-based chips is nothing new. Stretching back to 2011, Ming-Chi Kuo recently reignited the notion that Apple plans to move more hardware onto in-house chips.

Now, Gurman has gone into specifics about the kind of chips with which Apple plans to kick off its move away from Intel. Citing "people familiar with the matter", Apple is developing three chips, the first of which will arrive in at least one Mac next year. Based on a 5 nm process, the first chip will be a customised A14 Bionic. The chip will feature twelve CPU cores split across two clusters, with eight performance and four efficiency cores. The resulting chip will be "much faster" than iPhone and iPad Bionic processors.