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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Is Apple silicon optimized?

Following the launch of Macs powered by Apple silicon, numerous third-party apps have been updated to ensure they are optimized to run on Apple’s custom processors . Even if an app hasn’t been updated, Apple’s non-Intel Macs can still run them, thanks to Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation layer.

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