Apple silicon

Apple silicon refers to a series of system on a chip (SoC) and system in a package (SiP) processors designed by Apple Inc., mainly using the ARM architecture. They are the basis of Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, AirTag, HomePod, and Apple Vision Pro devices.

Apple announced its plan to switch Mac computers from Intel processors to Apple silicon at WWDC 2020 on June 22, 2020.^[1]^[2] The first Macs built with the Apple M1 chip were unveiled on November 10, 2020. As of June 2023, the entire Mac lineup uses Apple silicon chips.

Apple fully controls the integration of Apple silicon chips with the company's hardware and software products. Johny Srouji is in charge of Apple's silicon design.^[3] Manufacturing of the chips is outsourced to semiconductor contract manufacturers such as TSMC.

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[Apple_PR_2020.06.22-1] "Apple announces Mac transition to Apple silicon" (Press release). Apple. June 22, 2020. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.

[:1-2] Warren, Tom (June 22, 2020). "Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[3] "The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2016.

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