Apple (AAPL) Ditches Intel Chips, Updates WatchOS, iPadOS

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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Apple’s (AAPL - Free Report) first-ever virtual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 focused on all the updates coming to iOS, iPadOS, macOS and WatchOS. Apple also announced a robust lineup of new technologies for developers to design and build apps.

As anticipated, Apple announced its plans to switch from Intel (INTC - Free Report) CPUs in Macs to its custom silicon-based ones on the ARM architecture. The company already designs its own chips for iPhone. Apple plans to ship the first Mac with its customized silicon by the end of 2020 and complete the transition in about two years.

Markedly, other notable PC-makers like Microsoft (MSFT - Free Report) , Lenovo and Samsung also launched notebooks supported by ARM-based chips.

Apple’s chips will combine custom CPU, GPU, SSD controller and other such components. The Apple silicon will include Neural Engine for machine-learning applications.

Apple is also working on a family of SoCs — system on a chip — to deploy across its Mac lineup, both laptops and desktops, intended to provide stronger performance, without sacrificing battery life.

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