Rumors about Apple's upcoming transition to the use of self-designed processors in laptops and desktops appear is not the first year in a row, but until now no one company Intel ousted from this product category. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported, citing resource to informed sources, that Apple developed an auxiliary processor with ARM-architecture can be used in the MacBook Pro family of notebooks later this year.
As part of the notebook with the "touch bar" Touch Bar specialized processor T1 is already responsible for the operation of the interface element and biometric authentication, acting apart from the CPU. His successor with code name T310 will be able to take on the tasks of the system in sleep mode when the laptop lid is closed. The auxiliary processor with ARM architecture will help Apple laptop power consumption during silent installation updates, synchronize diary data, and address verification. In this case, the CPU Intel has to give it some authority. Power saving mode, which allows all these functions to work, the designation "Power Nap". According to sources, Apple may not advertise the presence of the additional processor in a new generation of laptops, as happened with the first-born series T1.
In the foreseeable future, the source said, Apple is not going to abandon the use of Intel CPUs in its mobile and desktop computers.
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