I think this is a horrible idea. There's virtually no hardware functionality that can't be attained cheaply in the OEM chip market. My guess is that Apple wants

I think this is a horrible idea. There's virtually no hardware functionality that can't be attained cheaply in the OEM chip market. My guess is that Apple wants to introduce embedded DRM/locks at the hardware level that cannot be circumvented so that they can make sure that their iTunes based media, iPhone apps, and whatever else they have in the works cannot be knocked off.