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The opening paragraph also glosses over the fact that some of Apple's chips are also vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre.
by dave84 9y ago
The opening paragraph also glosses over the fact that some of Apple's chips are also vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre.
- nialljudedev 9y agoYeah, it's vague at best on the detail.
- masklinn 9y agoI'd missed that, but you're perfectly correct. It's also stating that Apple could topple Qualcomm… despite Apple not selling to third parties, the only way that'd happen is if they obtained a complete monopoly on the smartphone market. I don't see either happen.
- zimpenfish 9y agoTheoretically, if the premium brand smartphone dropped Qualcomm and managed to make a go of it, that does put a lot of pressure on them and, perhaps, encourages others to do the same (Samsung, for example.)
- rwmj 9y agoIf Qualcomm sits around and does nothing. However Qualcomm are competing for the nascent ARM server market with the (incredible IMO) Amberwing, and Qualcomm would still have 50%+ of the mobile market for selling their modems and Snapdragons to fund development.
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- simonh 9y agoThe BBC News breaking article on Meltdown and Spectre was hilarious. The title was something along the lines of "Apple phones have bug", then in a paragraph down near the end it noted that oh, by the way, almost all chips used everywhere by everyone are also affected.
- servitor 9y agoApple were one of the last of the major companies to come out with a statement regarding Meltdown and Spectre. The BBC articles for Intel and the rest were written a day or so earlier.
- digi_owl 9y agoWell media production orgs have a massive myopia for Apple tech, so it would not surprise me...