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Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a business partnership. Apple is the most valuable company in the world, the fourth-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales, and the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer by revenue (totaling US$365.8 billion in 2021). The company is one of the Big Five American tech companies, along with Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft.

The first-generation iPhone was announced by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007. Since then, Apple has annually released new iPhone models and iOS updates. As of January 2022, 33 iPhone models have been produced, with five smartphone families in production – iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone SE 2022, iPhone 12 and iPhone 11.

The first-generation iPad was announced on January 27, 2010. As of January 2022, there are four iPad families in production – iPad 9^th gen, iPad Mini 6^th gen, iPad Pro 5^th gen, iPad Air 5^th gen. Apart from iPads, Apple also makes wearables like Apple Watch and Air Pods. The company is also makes Apple TV, Beats headphones, Home Pod smart speakers and iPod touch. As of the end of 2021, this broad line of products comprises about 11% of the company's revenues.

Apple silicon is a series of system on a chip (SoC) and system in a package (SiP) processors designed by Apple Inc., mainly using the ARM architecture. It is the basis of most new Mac computers as well as iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and of products such as AirPods, HomePod, iPod Touch, and AirTag.

Apple announced its plan to switch Mac computers from Intel processors to Apple silicon at WWDC 2020 on June 22, 2020. The first Macs built with the Apple M1 processor were unveiled on November 10, 2020. In early 2022, most Mac models were built with Apple silicon; exceptions included the Core i5/i7 Mac Mini and the Mac Pro.

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