Intel and Microsoft must take up ARMs or lose the war

Tim Danton

DRAW UP YOUR CHAIRS and make yourself comfortable, because we’re in for one heck of a ride. The next ten years will see a total overhaul in computing as ARM usurps the Intel x86 architecture that has dominated for almost 40 years. The reason will be obvious the moment you turn to Jon Honeyball’s review of the new MacBook Air, powered by Apple’s M1 chip, on p40. If you still have any doubts, they’ll be mopped up by Jonathan Bray’s review of the M1 MacBook Pro four pages later. The M1 is a staggering achievement, brilliantly executed not only in hardware but in the level of integration with Apple’s software. This is just the beginning. Apple has started a war and Microsoft and its partners must step up to battle. If they…

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