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There's still time for other bidders. I'm sure that Apple has at least considered it in the past, and may be reconsidering it now.
by peterclary 10y ago
There's still time for other bidders. I'm sure that Apple has at least considered it in the past, and may be reconsidering it now.
- scholia 10y agoApple was instrumental in splitting ARM from Acorn and, I seem to recall, owned 40% of it at launch. (It used an ARM chip in the Newton.) However, Apple owning ARM might well encourage other companies to use Intel or other chips....
- chx 10y agoDidn't Intel cancel chips for mobile phones this spring after the rather spectacular failure of Atom gaining any measurable marketshare? ARM has an architecture monopoly.
- scholia 10y agoYes, it cancelled the Broxton and SoFIA SoCs, which were targeted at mobile phones, presumably because these are low-margin businesses where Intel wasn't making any money. However, it's still in the Atom business, so there's nothing to stop it from doing mobile SoCs in the future. http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smartphone-socs-cancelled http://www.anandtech.com/show/10288/intel-broxton-sofia-smar...