At this moment, Apple is able to make the switch to ARM without having to worry about ending up with obsolete code with an ISA which is on the cusp of changing, and there are no memory overhead worries to lose nights of sleep over as well.
Could this be the reason that Apple is looking for fab capacity from a variety of players in the market, including Samsung, TSMC and Global Foundries? Intel does not seem to be aware of this turnabout just yet, and it will be interesting to see just how their working relationship evolves when they find out the full details.
To make things short, x86 architecture on Apple laptops will last for another 2 or 3 years, tops, and Apple processors will take over from there. What do you think of this piece of information – does it fall under the rumor category?