The transition from Intel chips to Apple Silicon has proven to be a success for the Cupertino company, which continues to announce new models with its ARM-based processors. This great triumph for Apple is also a defeat for Intel. The American manufacturer seems to have lost one of its most loyal customers. Its market share is also in danger from 2023 due to Apple chips, according to forecasts by Digitimes. Intel, yes, is confident of recovering Tim Cook’s company.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke at length with Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried for a new episode of the show aired on HBO. Fried asked Gelsinger about Apple’s decision to go for its own processors. The head of the company says Apple has done “a great job”But he hopes to “get that part of his business back over time” by making better processors than the Cupertino company does.
I have to make sure that our products are better than yours, that my ecosystem is more open and vibrant than yours, and that we create a more compelling reason for developers and users to land on Intel-based products. So I will fight hard to win Tim’s business [CEO de Apple] in this area.
Intel CEO in an interview on Axios.
Can Apple put Intel processors back in its Macs?
For Apple, it seems like there is no going back. With the chips Apple Silicon, the company has found an alternative to Intel’s powerful — but poorly optimized for its ecosystem — processors. Apple’s SoCs not only offer superior performance, but being internally designed processors, they can guarantee better compatibility. A clear example is the excellent autonomy in the first MacBook Pro with M1 chip. In fact, it’s so good that Apple believed that the macOS battery indicator was not working properly.
Apple will soon launch its new generation of Apple Silicon processors. These promise better performance against the M1 chip present in the Mac mini, iMac, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro. The company maintains some models with Intel in its catalog. However, everything indicates that they will be retired once the new M1X chip is available in the New MacBook Pros.