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Microsoft should consider running on Apple A12X too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X
by auslander 8y ago
Microsoft should consider running on Apple A12X too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X
- zapzupnz 8y agoApple's A, S, T, and W processors represent a significant competitive advantage (performance per watt, energy efficiency) in the mobile space; there'll be chilled water in Hell before Apple cedes that to anybody else, least of all Microsoft.
- auslander 8y agoI mean desktop, not mobile, Windows Mobile is dead. MS is not hardware company, so why not make money on good product? And stick it to both, Quallcomm and Intel, they got bit nasty with their 3G and LTE patents :)
- zapzupnz 8y agoAgain, Apple won't be sharing their silicon with anybody, there's absolutely nothing in it for them to share their chips with their competitors.
- auslander 8y agoIt is selling chips. No need to share anything. All IP stays at Apple. Big $$$ just flow in, ok, agree to disagree.
- zapzupnz 8y agoApple's business isn't selling chips, it's selling devices. If they're putting competitors' software on their chips, what advantage does that offer their own devices? None, aside from the OS, and that's never been Apple's value proposition; rather, it's the integration of hardware and software only possible by doing as much of both as possible, not by licensing. Therefore, "Agree to disagree" doesn't apply. It simply doesn't follow. Apple isn't a chip vendor; it makes chips as a form of competitive advantage. This isn't a matter of opinion.