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Apple has announced plans to make its own microchips for Mac computers, a long-rumoured shift that tightens the tech giant's control of its own products and ends a 15-year-relationship with Intel.

Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, called the announcement a “historic day for the Mac”, saying it would start selling computers with custom chips later this year.

The new chips will be designed by Apple, but rely on processor architecture developed by Cambridge-based Arm, whose designs are already used in Apple's iPhones and iPads.

語言點

long-rumoured: 早有傳聞的

· the long-rumoured film: 早有傳聞要拍的電影

tighten control of: 收緊對……的控制

· The Party tightens control of the whole country.

該政黨收緊了對國家的控制。

end relationship with sb.: 終止和某人的關系

historic adj. 歷史性的，有重大歷史意義的

· historical adj. 歷史事件相關的

· historical novel: 歷史小說

· historic moment: 歷史性時刻

custom adj. 定制的（bespoke）

processor architecture: 處理器架構

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