Will Apple make its own processors?

Apple reportedly will design a micro-architecture itself again. Thus, Apple may be more to differentiate its products than other products, especially in terms of performance and capabilities. Apple is currently looking for experienced engineers in the field of the CPU micro-architecture design.

Micro-architecture is the implementation of the basic CPU architecture that already exists. For example, the development of the x86 micro-architecture is AMD Bulldozer and Intel Sandy Bridge. Meanwhile, ARMv5 micro-architecture, for example implemented on the Intel / Marvell Xscale.

The business model used by the ARM architecture even allows a license for basically purchased in several ways. First, purchase a license for the design and layout that has been developed by the licensor. In this way, the buyer receives the chip in one package, because the logic and the chip are purchased together. The second way is to buy the core design. In this way, buyers still have to implement the layout and integrate logic made itself. The third way is to simply buy its architecture alone. For example, Intel's x86 architecture only his license to AMD and Via Technologies.

So, Apple plans that want to design its own micro-architecture indicate that the Cupertino company wants to build its own chip from the bottom. Things that Apple has never done before. Still not clear where the architecture to be adopted by Apple, x86 or PowerPC. Apple itself has not commented on this. So we wait for the truth of this story.