Steve Jobs Announced 19 Years Ago Today That Apple Would Switch To Intel Processors For Various Macs, Ditching The PowerPC Range Forever
The Apple Silicon transition was completed last year during the Mac Pro and Mac Studio announcement featuring the company’s most powerful custom chipset at the time, the M2 Ultra. However, before the introduction of the first Apple Silicon in 2020, the technology giant relied on Intel processors for years, and it all started with an announcement that Steve Jobs made 19 years ago today on June 6, when it was decided that various Macs would transition from PowerPC processors to Intel.