On the occasion of a new episode of the documentary seriesAxios on HBOavailable on the eponymous American pay channel, the CEO of Intel returned to the abandonment of its chips that Apple began last year. An operation for the benefit of processors designed by the Cupertino brand itself, then manufactured in Asia by the subcontractor TSMC with the aim of reducing costs and improved performance.
Questioned by journalist Ina Fried, Pat Gelsinger assures that Apple has instead signed a “well done” with its components. The leader still thinks that he will not give up “Never” the idea of running anything without one of its CPUs, when the question of Macs is precisely mentioned. To do this, he would simply need “create a better chip“, a project that he seems to consider quite viable.
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Users first
Gelsinger also recalls that his “ecosystem is more open" : Indeed,the list of apps optimized for the M1 is still quite thinand the security barriers put in place by Apple can quickly become blocking. Conversely, Intel processors are designed with the aim of universality which makes them installable by everyone and on most machines.
Unfortunately, and this is probably what makes the difference, this point can also be seen as a major disadvantage. Because by jointly building its operating system and its engines, Apple takes the opportunity to also improve the speed of the duo but without having to take third parties into account. An asset for certain developers, like Adobe and its suite which runs very quickly on macOS.
A Mac Pro to confirm it?
The ambitions of the Intel director are also on the verge of being validated with a new product.Rumors indicate that Apple plans to renew the Mac Pro soon, always with the choice between its processors and those of the competition.
A keynote is planned this evening and we should discover several MacBook Pros there. The fate of the tower, however, remains uncertain regarding this event and the article may have to wait until next year to be republished.
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