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I’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-
by avandvrnot 6y ago
I’m probably missing sufficient context but this quote suggests a more involved route
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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).