The video title is click bait.
The 2010's were a computer performance desert. Companies were bragging about single digit performance improvements from one year to the next. My 2017 iMac was only about twice as powerful as my 2009 iMac. Both computers were energy hogs.
AMD and especially Intel were having a hard time shrinking chip circuits. The laws of physics were starting to get in the way as the circuits got smaller.
So in 2020 Apple introduced a much simpler chip based on Arm Risc technology, with significantly smaller circuits, and it blew the competition out of the water.
Apple had purchased a chip design company, although the real hero is the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company who figured out how to manufacture smaller circuits.
Apple abandoned Intel compatibility, but they were betting on great performance to lure away Intel customers.
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