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I’m not sure that’s going to be viable. From my understanding there are some unique features of the M1/M2 architecture that aren’t commonplace. The unified memory, certain specifics of the system on chips, and a couple of extra instructions that Apple added to facilitate Rosetta 2 support.

Intel Macs were largely generic PCs with a different firmware and a few custom chips thrown in here and there. Apple Silicon Macs were a big departure from this.



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