Apple stop using Intel processors

03
Apr
2018

It was discussed in the press in 2012.

Chips are down: Apple to stop using Intel processors in Macs, reports say

Intel shares fall 6% after Apple said to be planning to design chips for computers in-house

Alex Hern @alexhern Tue 3 Apr 2018 05.15 EDTLast modified on Tue 3 Apr 2018 06.33 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/03/apple-stop-using-intel-chips-processors-mac-computers

Rumours of the switch contributed to a 6% drop in Intel’s share price over the course of Monday, adding specific pain to a general collapse in tech stocks caused by fears of oncoming regulation in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandalat Facebook.

As Apple has grown into the largest company in the world, it has been able to unlock economies of scale that are not reliant on third-parties.