I was wondering if this was going to happen after we saw the iPad with the M chip in it.

But this does make me wonder, how much of a difference is there really between the A chips and the M chips. Clearly they are similar enough if either can run iPadOS or Mac. Or is this a case of the operating systems having shared components that make this easier?

But then it does beg the question, why have the distinction in the first place if they are going to use the chips in other hardware. Originally I thought the distinction was that the M series was meant to not give the impression that the Mac line was "underpowered" running mobile chips like on the iPhone.