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> The Mac’s long-rumored transition from Intel processors to Apple’s own ARM designs could be swifter and more extensive than you might have expected. I have b
by combatentropy 7y ago
> The Mac’s long-rumored transition from Intel processors to Apple’s own ARM designs could be swifter and more extensive than you might have expected.
I have been waiting for it at least since 2008, when Apple bought P.A. Semi.
- person_of_color 7y agoWas PA Semi in the ARM SoC business?
- my123 7y agoPA Semi was in the PowerPC SoC business, not Arm.
- combatentropy 7y agoIt bought it for its people. Apple paid a quarter of a billion dollars for P.A. Semi, two years after moving off of PowerPC. Apple has designed a long line of processors, which really took off two years after they bought P.A. Semi.