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I thought the A4 was a result of their acquisition of PA Semi a couple of years back. I doesn't really make sense for them to develop the chip offsite, and the
by tcdent 17y ago
I thought the A4 was a result of their acquisition of PA Semi a couple of years back.
I doesn't really make sense for them to develop the chip offsite, and then buy the company after it ships. Especially when they've already got the team to do it internally.
- wmf 17y agoI thought the A4 was a result of their acquisition of PA Semi a couple of years back. There's no evidence of that. It doesn't really make sense for them to develop the chip offsite, and then buy the company after it ships. Perhaps consider it the world's longest job interview. Especially when they've already got the team to do it internally. It's not clear to me how much skill overlap there is between PA Semi and Intrinsity. Since everybody loves unfounded conspiracy theories, here's one: PA Semi's hotshot circuit designers went to Agnilux so Apple had to buy Intrinsity as plan B.
- jallmann 17y agoRe: PA Semi, I thought so, too. My guess: if apple made the purchase of intrinsity after they delivered the a4, its probably because they see ongoing value with the chip/team. Future products and all. But two chip acquisitions?