That's exactly what we're seeing now with the first Macs by M1 (Apple's first Silicon chip for computers) and macOS Big Sur. M1, Apple's first Silicon chip for the Mac, is faster than the Intel chips in Mac right now. This is a way to run Intel applications on a Silicon-based machine. Essentially, it's a way for you to run apps, which will soon be called legacy apps, on your new machine. Let's get nerdy: Apple's M1 system-on-a-chip combines all the needed parts for a computer to run on one chip.

Source: CNN November 10, 2020 17:46 UTC