The M1 Macs we’ve seen so far are mainly targeted towards consumer grade customers. We still haven’t seen a “real” new MacBook Pro, a Mac Pro, or an iMac Pro with an M-series chip. This raises the question: what’s to be expected in the next M-series chip? Here’s my wish list for the next iteration, and specifically for the one which will be targeted towards pro users.
Read MoreThe EU urgently needs its own chip manufacturing
If the US is feeling stressed about the global chip situation, the EU should be outright panicking. It’s high time that the EU has woken up and attempts to do something for the sake of “digital sovereignty”. Let’s hope the intervention doesn’t come too late, because in matters that are complex and capital intensive, change doesn’t happen overnight.
Read MoreMacs finally switching to Arm-based processors?
Apple hasn’t officially said anything yet, but the move from Intel processors to internally designed chips on Macs has been speculated for a long time. Now it’s beginning to look like this is more than just a rumour. The logical event for making such an announcement would be Apple’s developer conference, WWDC. After all, it was at WWDC 2005 where Steve Jobs announced a move from PowerPC to Intel.
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