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Teongot | 5 years ago

There's a tidy mathematical progression in Apple CPU architectures.

6502 (Apple 1,2,3): 1976

68k (Mac): 1984 (+8 years)

PPC: 1994 (+10 years)

x86: 2006 (+12 years)

ARM: 2020 (+14 years)

If the trend continues, we will see Apple's next architecture in 2036.

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ithkuil|5 years ago

2036, Apple Mill

mhh__|5 years ago

Well, the people behind the Mill might not being around in 16 years time.

That being said, I would really like to see the Mill make it to Silicon - even if it doesn't work in the end, it's much more interesting to me than RISC-V.

jecel|5 years ago

What about the Apple IIgs (1986) and its 65C816 processor? I suppose it would be valid to consider it a version of the 6502 if you are not separating 32 and 64 bit PPCs, x86 and ARMs.