While all Macs are now powered by Apple's custom-designed chips, a new rumor claims that Apple may rekindle its partnership with Intel, albeit in a new and limited way. Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said Intel is expected to begin shipping Apple's lowest-end M-series chip as early as mid-2027. Kuo said Apple plans to utilize Intel's 18A process, which is the "earliest available sub-2nm advanced node manufactured in North America".
  • vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    14 days ago

    And Intel completes its slide into irrelevance by becoming a medium tier fab. Someone please just take the whole company out behind the barn and put it out of its misery.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      3·
      14 days ago

      Don’t forget that it was just a few years ago when AMD couldn’t design a good CPU. They were circling the drain for years until Zen.