Does Apple make their own silicon?

Apple at WWDC 2020 announced plans to transition away from Intel chips to Macs built with its own Apple silicon chips starting in late 2020 . Apple’s custom chips are Arm-based and are similar to the A-series chips used in iPhones and iPads, and Apple unveiled the first Apple silicon Macs in November 2020.

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Will apps work on Apple silicon?

At WWDC 2020 in June, however, Apple announced Universal 2, which allows apps to run on both Intel-based Macs and Apple silicon Macs . If an app has yet to be updated to Universal 2, an Apple silicon Mac will still run it, but it will do so by converting the Intel x86-64 code using Rosetta 2 emulation software.

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