Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel
- Move would be major blow to Intel, Apple’s Mac chip supplier
- Apple working on software platform to merge iPad, Mac apps
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Apple Inc. is planning to use its own chips in Mac computers beginning as early as 2020, replacing processors from Intel Corp., according to people familiar with the plans.
The initiative, code named Kalamata, is still in the early developmental stages, but comes as part of a larger strategy to make all of Apple’s devices -- including Macs, iPhones, and iPads -- work more similarly and seamlessly together, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. The project, which executives have approved, will likely result in a multi-step transition.