There are just a few hours until the presentation of the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro. A presentation that, by the way, we will follow live from Twitch starting at 6:30 p.m. (Peninsular Spain time). A presentation in which we will see the company’s new processors appear despite what Intel would like.
“I’m going to fight hard to win Tim’s business.”
Apple is in full transition to completely abandon Intel processors and use its own. Apple silicon have been surprising the world for a year and now we will see its second version, its first evolution. It is just now that Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says he wants to make better processors than Apple and that he will fight hard “to win. [de nuevo] Tim’s business. “
Ina Fried’s interview on Axios for HBO, posted on MarketWatch, is certainly interesting read.
Fried: “Recently Apple said they are moving from the Intel chips in the Mac to their own processors. Have you given up on the idea of the Mac running on Intel chips?”
Gelsinger: “I never give up on the idea that nothing doesn’t work with Intel chips. And, you know, hey, you know, our stumbles, you know, Apple decided they could make a better chip themselves than we could. And , you know, they did a good job. So what I have to do is build a better chip than themselves. I hope to get this part of their business back, as well as many other business pieces, over time.
And in the meantime, I have to make sure that our products are better than yours, that my ecosystem is more open and vibrant than yours, and that I create more compelling reasons for developers and users to land on Intel-based products. So I’m going to fight hard to win Tim’s business in this area. “
A very unlikely lap, less from a general perspective
The truth is Apple has been manufacturing its own processors since 2010. Let us remember that beyond the M series, such as the M1 or M1X, Apple has broken records annually with its A series, such as the most recent A15 of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro. Thus, Apple processors give life to our iPhone , iPad and now also the Mac are the same.
In this sense, we can say that for Apple to value an unlikely return to Intel, the latter’s processors should be much, much better than Apple silicon. In a general context, the benefits of having the same processor in all devices are enormous and exceed possible best performance in some fields.
In any case, as Gelsinger himself acknowledges, “it may take years” until Intel is in a position to win back Apple. A rather unlikely move that, judging by the rumors, will be even less so after today’s event.