Computer Hope
Software => Apple => Topic started by: Geek-9pm on February 10, 2020, 02:02:43 PM
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Not true.
See here:
The thinking is that Apple would commission a semi-custom processor for use in Apple's Macs -- essentially an Apple-defined product that incorporates a substantial amount of AMD's intellectual property (e.g. processor cores, graphics processors, and so on). Here's why that's highly unlikely. Apple wants complete control
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/05/dont-expect-apple-inc-to-use-amd-processors-in-the.aspx (https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/05/dont-expect-apple-inc-to-use-amd-processors-in-the.aspx)
On April 2, Bloomberg reported that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) intends to eventually transition its Mac computers away from Intel
Don't hold your breath. ::)
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The rumour that Apple may use AMD processors is based on information from data-mining of macOS Catalina 10.15.4 in a Beta release that was available last wednesday. (Feb 5th). It was found that the new Beta had a number of AMD Processor Codenames as well as codenames for a few other unreleased AMD processor products, which were not present in previous releases. Thus the rumour related to the possible availability of AMD processors, which seems reasonable to me as a likely reason such AMD-related code-names are present in the codebase.
The link you provided which you seem to feel debunks the rumour is from April of 2018, And only counters a much weaker rumour from that time frame.