Mac transition to Apple silicon

The Mac transition to Apple silicon was the process of switching the <a href="/facts/Central_processing_units/Jxp1bqMV">central processing units</a> (CPUs) of Apple's line of <a href="/facts/Mac_(computer)/8GhnXTK0">Mac</a> computers from <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a>'s <a href="/facts/X86-64/cyWvUFlP">x86-64</a> processors to Apple-designed <a href="/facts/Apple_silicon/A8RgouDB">Apple silicon</a> <a href="/facts/AArch64/bauXRos7">ARM64</a> <a href="/facts/System_on_a_chip/1RVvVe6N">systems-on-a-chip</a>.
Apple CEO <a href="/facts/Tim_Cook/gATPjDFA">Tim Cook</a> announced a "two-year transition plan" to Apple silicon on June 22, 2020. The first Macs with Apple-designed systems on a chip were released that November; the last, the <a href="/facts/Mac_Pro/aS0qSBTl">Mac Pro</a>, was released in June 2023, completing the transition in three years.
The transition was the third time Apple had switched the Macintosh to a new <a href="/facts/Instruction_set_architecture/8p8vwUeE">instruction set architecture</a>. The first was from the <a href="/facts/Motorola_68000_series/jxd7VPlW">Motorola 68000 series</a> to <a href="/facts/PowerPC/DqmM9y50">PowerPC</a> processors in 1994, and the second was from <a href="/facts/Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors/uJTbuLvM">PowerPC to Intel processors</a> using the <a href="/facts/X86/Kypq5fgu">x86 architecture</a> in 2006.

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Mac transition to Apple silicon