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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1921324" data-attributes="member: 110816">No, M1, M2 and Bionic are all ARM based. ARM is a company that created an architecture that others can implement as their base and then optimize how they see fit. The Qualcomm SnapDragon is an ARM based process, as are numerous other processors that run other smart devices like Android phones.HOWEVER, just having an ARM-based chip (that's hardware) isn't enough. You need software (the operating system) to run on top of it. This is where macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS come into play for the appropriate processor and associated chips/functionality. Furthermore, to make use of the operating system to get applications to work, there is a SDK (Software Development Kit) that allows developers to create apps to leverage any or all parts of the system underneath them.Due to reasons that are too complicated to get into, when Macs were based on Intel-baed processors and other Apple devices on ARM-based processors, there was no way to get an app to work across all devices. With the move to all Apple devices being based on ARM, there is an avenue for developers to be able to create apps that will work all the devices, IF THEY CHOOSE. Some developers have chosen to do so, others have not. As time goes on, more might choose to make apps work across all, but there'll be some that will never (for logical reasons like needing a touch screen, gyroscope, GPS chip, etc.)</blockquote>