What instruction set does Apple use?

This is the third time Apple has switched the Macintosh to a new instruction set architecture. The first was from the Motorola 68000 series to PowerPC chips in 1994 and the second from PowerPC to Intel processors using the x86 architecture in 2005–2006.

Which architecture does Apple use?

Apple uses a subset of the standard PC architecture, which provides support for Mac OS X and support for other operating systems. Hardware and firmware components that must be supported to run an operating system on Apple-Intel hardware include the Extensible Firmware Interface.

What is IOS architecture?

Architecture of IOS is a layered architecture. At the uppermost level iOS works as an intermediary between the underlying hardware and the apps you make. Apps do not communicate to the underlying hardware directly. Apps talk with the hardware through a collection of well defined system interfaces.

Will Apple launch an ARM CPU and a GPU at the same time?

Just as it takes time to scale up a CPU design, it takes time to scale up a GPU design, too. What may happen is this: Apple may launch its own laptop / desktop ARM CPU, with its own Apple silicon, while simultaneously supporting AMD (most-likely) GPUs on higher-end Mac hardware.

Does the Apple a12z have a GPU?

It has made no equivalent commitment to GPU hardware. Yes, Apple has experience in building its own mobile GPUs, but scaling up a GPU design isn’t like scaling up a CPU design. Assuming Apple’s A12Z isn’t a huge departure from the A12X, we can expect a die size of 122mm 2.

Is Apple pushing GPU’s out of its products?

There’s news out that Apple isn’t just going to be getting rid of Intel silicon — it’s supposedly going to be pushing GPUs out of its products as well. That read is based on a slide Apple passed around at WWDC that lays the whole thing out pretty clearly:

Will Apple GPUs replace AMD GPUs on future Macs?

Apple Silicon Macs will have Apple GPUs, with a new tile-based deferred renderer and support for Metal GPU Family Mac 2 and Metal GPU Family Apple, whereas previous GPUs will only retain support for the former. So, Apple GPUs replaces every single AMD solution on future Macs within two years?