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Yes and? Apple invested in ARM and worked with ARM/Acorn on what would become ARM6, in the early 90s. The newton uses it (specifically the ARM610), it is a com
by masklinn 4y ago
Yes and?
Apple invested in ARM and worked with ARM/Acorn on what would become ARM6, in the early 90s. The newton uses it (specifically the ARM610), it is a commercial failure, later models use updated ARM CPUs to which AFAIK Apple didn't contribute (DEC's StrongARM, and ARM's ARM710).
<15 years pass>
Apple starts working on bespoke designs again around the time they start working on the iPhone, or possibly after they realise it's succeeding.
That doesn't mean they stopped using ARM in the meantime (they certainly didn't).
The iPod's SoC was not even designed internally (it was contracted out to PortalPlayer, later generations were provided by Samsung). 15 times and the revolution of Jobs' return (and his immediate killing of the Newton) is a long time for an internal team of silicon designers.