The Mac transition to Apple silicon was the process of switching the central processing units of Apple's line of Mac computers from Intel's x86-64 processors to Apple-designed Apple silicon ARM64 syst
An illustration of the Apple A12Z processor
Apple M1
The Mac transition to Intel processors was the process of switching the central processing units of Apple's line of Mac and Xserve computers from PowerPC processors over to Intel's x86-64 processors.
Mac transition to Apple silicon
…Macintosh to a new instruction set architecture. The first was from the Motorola 68000 series to PowerPC processors in 1994, and the second was from PowerPC to Intel processors using the x86 architecture in 2006. The first Mac, introduced in 1984, was based on the Motorola 68000; subsequent Macs used Motorola 68000 series…
A PowerPC 970FX processor, which was used in a number of Apple computers featuring PowerPC G5 processors
Then-CEO Steve Jobs announces the Intel transition at WWDC 2005.
Steve Jobs reveals Mac OS X running on Pentium 4 hardware.
Intel Mobile P8400 2.26GHz 3MB 1066 AW80577SH0513M Penryn 3M SLB3R