Welcome to the Tech Meam ride home for Thursday, April 23rd, 2020.

I'm Brian McCullough today. Custom Mac Chips by 2021.

Robot nurses already in hospitals, Bill Gurley into the sunset, why some people are

accusing France of digital privacy, and an interesting raise in the remote workspace,

specifically remote whiteboarding.

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

The Bloomberg team isn't letting up shaking the trees on this apple switching to

arm chips for Max Story.

Sources are telling Mark Germin, Debbie Wu at all that the company is working on three different

Mac processors based on the A14 chip, which we are all expecting to debut in the next

iPhone that Apple is intending to release later this fall and

Apple could sell Macs with these chips in them beginning as early as 2021.

quote Apple is preparing to release at least one Mac with its own chip next year according to the people.

But the initiative to develop multiple chips, cod named Kalamata, suggests the company will transition more of its Mac lineup away from current supplier

Intel. Taiwan Semiconductor, Apple's partner for iPhone and iPad processors, will build the new Mac

chips, said the people, who asked not to be

identified discussing private product plans.

The components will be based on a five nanometer production technique, the same size

Apple will use in the next iPhones and iPad pros, one of the people said.

And Apple's spokesman declined to comment as did Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor.

Apple is designing more of its own ships to gain greater control over the performance of its devices and differentiate them from rivals.

Getting Macs, iPhones, and iPads running the same underlying technology should make it easier for

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