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Apple actually worked on the Arm6 architecture along with Acorn in the late 80's/early 90's. In this instance, it's fair to say that they did invent this and ar
by sbuk 6y ago
Apple actually worked on the Arm6 architecture along with Acorn in the late 80's/early 90's. In this instance, it's fair to say that they did invent this and argualbly showed interest in the platform before anyone else.
- avandvrnot 6y agoI’m probably missing sufficient context but this quote suggests a more involved route [0] DEC approached Apple wondering if they might be interested in a high-performance ARM, to which the Apple engineers replied "Phhht, yeah. You can’t do it, but, yeah, if you could we'd use it." [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrongARM https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrongARM
- garblegarble 6y agoI assume they're referring to [0] which notes that ARM Holdings was co-founded by Acorn, Apple and VLSI. I don't think the comment in that StrongARM article is unreasonable given the state of technology at the time - as a bystander it seems like ARM competing with x86 in performance has only really become possible in the last few years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings#Founding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings#Founding
- timthorn 6y agoIf memory serves, the processor in the Newton was touted as being as powerful as a 486 (386 was the mainstream CPU at that point).
- mixmastamyk 6y agoYes, somehow in this discussion iOS and their custom chips have been forgotten about. As if Apple discovered ARM last week.