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I remember people being flabbergasted by the price they paid for PA Semi. Dividing the price by the number of engineers seemed indeed ludicrous. And yet, here w
by tambourine_man 6y ago
I remember people being flabbergasted by the price they paid for PA Semi. Dividing the price by the number of engineers seemed indeed ludicrous. And yet, here we are.
- microtherion 6y agoAt the time, there were only 3 comments on HN I could find. One of them was certainly questioning the decision: [1] But wmf was right on the money [2]: "Maybe Apple thinks they can outdo the Cortex". [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=171511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=171511 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=171879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=171879
- saagarjha 6y agoI'm amused to see 'wmf commenting today about M1 ;)
- tambourine_man 6y agoGood find. I was a lot more focused on PPC back then. After Apple switched to Intel, I didn’t really see the reason for PA Semi’s acquisition. The iPhone’s magic was all about the software to me.