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The Apple Silicon architecture transition began at WWDC 2020, migrating the Mac product line from Intel x86 architecture to in-house ARM architecture chips (the M series).
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UnverifiedApple's M-series chips switched from x86 to ARM architecture, requiring the Rosetta 2 translation layer to run legacy x86 Mac applications.78% similarVerifiedApple open-sourced the MLX framework in late 2023, designed specifically for Apple Silicon.75% similarUnverifiedThe macOS version of the self-media assistant provides two separate installation packages for Intel and Apple Silicon; the Intel version is for Macs released in 2020 and earlier, and the Apple Silicon version is for Macs equipped with M1 and later chips.74% similarUnverifiedThe transition period for this Apple Silicon migration lasted approximately five years, far exceeding the approximately two-year transition periods of the previous two migrations.72% similar
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