What Apple's move to ARM could mean for PC and console gaming
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You may have missed it, except for the third time in its existence telephone company Apple is moving its desktop computers to a replacement CPU architecture. This time, from the Intel X86-64 chips it moved to in 2006/7 and with which we're conversant in from our PCs, to its own designs supported the ARM chips we're conversant in from our smartphones and tablets.
The move has been mooted for a short time , dating back to 2009 when Apple bought processor company PA Semi to develop chips for its iPods and iPhones, starting with the 800MHz, single-core, A4 contribute the 2010 iPhone 4 and first-generation iPad. Since then, the facility of the chips has grown hugely, with the 2011 iPhone 4S (Apple A5, dual-core, 1GHz) showing a 68 percent gain in speed, and therefore the A12X Bionic contribute the iPad Pro (2018, ei
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