[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ping

[untrained skeptic]

I'm sure Apple has other plans for Papermaster at least for the first year. I doubt they plan to get into the chip business, but if they do they will keep Papaermaster out of it for the next year at least.

IBM's lawsuit will make sure the do, but they can't keep Papermaster from earning a living as long as he isn't using IBM's proprietary information to do it.

[anymouse]

The RISC PowerPC chip was certainly orphaned too early.

The Intel Pentiums have been hitting the wall on packing more inefficient circuits into ever growing (size and heat generated) chips. If the RISC concept is married to more recent chip technology, it could be a game changer.

But if Apple locks in proprietary code in hardware like the early days, it would be a major step backwards.

[Lx]

I thought Apple had switched to the X86 architecture years ago and dumped the PPC. Are they going to compete with Intel? With what, stolen masks and no foundry?

More that this is for embedded chips like for the Iphone and Ipod.

[Vaquero]

[SunkenCiv]

[interesting... from November 2008] Apple’s switch to nVidia graphics in the latest revision Macs is a hint, a clue, IMHO, to the actual direction of Apple’s evolution.

but anyway...

IBM gets hip with ‘cool’ Ubuntu PC deal
The Register (UK) | 5th August 2008 19:02 GMT | Gavin Clarke in San Francisco
Posted on 02/10/2009 11:29:23 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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