How Intel Got Blindsided and Lost Apple’s Business

Here’s why Apple stopped using Intel processors for Mac computers in favor of its own chips based on ARM designs

⭐ Robert Jameson
Marker
Published in
8 min readJul 10, 2020

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An Intel Core i7 processor on top of a closed Apple laptop with the logo visible.
Photo: Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images

After 14 years of collaboration, Apple announced last month that it will no longer be using Intel’s processors for its Mac laptops and desktops. It will rely instead on Apple’s own processor…

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⭐ Robert Jameson
Marker

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