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The PowerPC 970 ("G5") was the first 64-bit Mac processor. The PowerPC 970MP was the first dual-core Mac processor and the first to be found in a quad-core configuration. It was also the first Mac processor with partitioning and virtualization capabilities. Apple only used three variants of the G5, and soon moved entirely onto Intel architecture.
The Apple–Intel architecture, or Mactel, is an unofficial name used for Macintosh personal computers developed and manufactured by Apple Inc. that use Intel x86 processors, [not verified in body] rather than the PowerPC and Motorola 68000 ("68k") series processors used in their predecessors or the ARM-based Apple silicon SoCs used in their successors. [1]
These early iMacs were generally praised, with Walt Mossberg writing that the Intel-based iMac remained the best desktop personal computer available. [6] [10] Performance depended on the software; PCMag and others found that software unoptimized for Intel processors ran slowly, especially games that were already poorly optimized for the Mac. [7]
The internal codenames of Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2 are big cats. In Mac OS X 10.2, the internal codename "Jaguar" was used as a public name, and, for subsequent Mac OS X releases, big cat names were used as public names through until OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion", and wine names were used as internal codenames through until OS X 10.10 "Syrah". [94]
82340SX PC AT - announced in January 1990, it is the Topcat chipset licensed from VLSI. [17] 82340DX PC AT - announced in January 1990, it is the Topcat chipset licensed from VLSI. [17] 82350 EISA - announced in September 1988. [18] [14] This chipset supports the i486 microprocessor. It was expected to be available in the later half of 1989.
Apple M2 is a series of ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., launched 2022 to 2023.It is part of the Apple silicon series, as a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) for its Mac desktops and notebooks, the iPad Pro and iPad Air tablets, and the Vision Pro mixed reality headset.
It is designed to stay active even if the main computer is in a halted low power mode. The main application processor in T2 is running an operating system called bridgeOS . The secondary processor in T2 is an 32-bit ARMv7-A based CPU called Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) which has the task of generating and storing encryption keys.
The MacBook Pro with Apple silicon is a line of Mac notebook computers first introduced in November 2020 by Apple.It is the higher-end model of the MacBook family, sitting above the consumer-focused MacBook Air, and is currently sold with 14-inch and 16-inch screens.