Report: MacBooks to Get Apple-Developed Chips, Dropping Intel

From PC Mag: Future Mac computers will eventually ditch Intel chips for Apple-developed processors, according to a new report from Bloomberg.

The company plans on making the switch by as early as 2020. The goal? To make Macs, iPhones and iPads work more seamlessly together, according to Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources.

The Apple-developed chips could also pave the way for MacBooks with better battery life. But the plan deals a blow to Intel, which has been producing chips for Macs since 2005.

However, Bloomberg reported that the whole effort is still in its early stages, and Apple could theoretically abandon or delay the plan.

So far, Apple is declining to comment on the report. But the company has already started introducing its own silicon into MacBook products. For instance, the MacBook Pro still relies on an Intel Core processor for the bulk of the computing, but it also contains an Apple T1 chip that powers the laptop's Touch ID sensor.

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