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Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year

The Verge

Apple is officially moving to its own silicon chips for some of its Mac hardware. Calling it a “historic day for the Mac,” Apple CEO Tim Cook detailed the transitions to PowerPC, OS X 10, and a move to Intel chips before unveiling its plans to use Apple’s own ARM-powered silicon in Macs in the future.

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

Microsoft’s first version of Windows might not have been well received, but it kick-started a battle between Apple, IBM, and Microsoft to provide computing to the masses. While Apple had been ahead in producing mouse-driven GUIs at the time, it remained focused on the combination of hardware and software. Carol Halebia.

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Rosetta 2 is Apple’s key to making the ARM transition less painful

The Verge

Apple CEO Tim Cook in front of a silicon wafer platter | Screenshot: Sean Hollister / The Verge. Earlier this week, on what Tim Cook called a “historic day,” Apple announced that it’s moving Macs away from Intel processors to its own silicon chips. Apple claims improved performance over the original version of Rosetta from 2006.

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Technology Short Take 151

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. Losing to Apple—whose M-series chips are widely regarded as faster and more efficient than Intel’s chips—has apparently stung the chip giant into revving up the innovation engine. Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud.

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Technology Short Take 147

Scott Lowe

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Technology Short Take 155

Scott Lowe

Isovalent—the company behind the Cilium project—has been talking a lot about how the use of eBPF will transform things, including the architecture of a service mesh. Servers/Hardware. Researchers have uncovered a potential security flaw in Apple Silicon CPUs; more details in this 9to5Mac article. Networking.

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Technology Short Take 147

Scott Lowe

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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