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Ming-Chi Kuo on Apple-Intel partnership, with TSMC lurking in the back

blueone said:
No, 2020.
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From Google search:

Apple officially began its transition to in-house Apple silicon in November 2020 with the release of the M1 chip. The transition was officially completed in June 2023 when Apple unveiled the M2 Ultra-powered Mac Pro, completely eliminating Intel CPUs from their lineup.

The timeline unfolded as follows:
  • Start (November 2020): Apple released the first Macs powered by the M1 chip: the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

  • Midpoint (2021–2022): Apple expanded the M-series lineup with the high-performance M1 Pro and M1 Max (for MacBook Pros) and the M1 Ultra (for Mac Studio), while rolling out the M2 generation.

  • Completion (June 5, 2023): At WWDC, Apple announced the M2 Ultra Mac Pro, officially finalizing the transition and phasing out the very last Intel-based Mac.
 
hist78 said:
From Google search:

Apple officially began its transition to in-house Apple silicon in November 2020 with the release of the M1 chip. The transition was officially completed in June 2023 when Apple unveiled the M2 Ultra-powered Mac Pro, completely eliminating Intel CPUs from their lineup.

The timeline unfolded as follows:
  • Start (November 2020): Apple released the first Macs powered by the M1 chip: the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

  • Midpoint (2021–2022): Apple expanded the M-series lineup with the high-performance M1 Pro and M1 Max (for MacBook Pros) and the M1 Ultra (for Mac Studio), while rolling out the M2 generation.

  • Completion (June 5, 2023): At WWDC, Apple announced the M2 Ultra Mac Pro, officially finalizing the transition and phasing out the very last Intel-based Mac.
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The last Xeon W-based Mac Pro was released as a 2019 model. Since Apple was only selling thousands of these per quarter even at their peak, the implication of your statement, that Apple "completely replaced Intel processors in 2023" is silly. Though Apple released an M-series Mac which they called a "Pro" model in 2023, it didn't come close to replacing Xeon W-based systems in the industry. Apple stuck with their SoC-package-integrated DRAM strategy, which limits DRAM support to 256GB in the latest M3 Ultra SoC currently available, though the upcoming M4 Ultra SoC is rumored to expand that 512GB, as compared to 4TB for the latest Xeon Ws. From my perspective, there's no Apple plan to actually replace Xeon-W based systems, but in context of Apple Mac sales, high-end workstations are a nit.

Repeating myself from past posts, using AI overviews as authoritative sources only works if you check their so-called "facts".
 
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