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"such a transition is inevitable since the company is already working on a mobile processor, explained Rob Enderle" Don't trust Enderle, he's worst than most a

"such a transition is inevitable since the company is already working on a mobile processor, explained Rob Enderle" Don't trust Enderle, he's worst than most analysts, and never knows what he's talking about. Apple are reaping huge benefits from using Intel right now on their desktops, like for example allowing people to have virtual machines for Windows. This is possible through emulation with different machine architectures but not as fast. Anyone that reads daring fireball will know to be cautious around anything Enderle says. Here's some video of Enderle presenting Windows 7. It's funny because multi-touch doesn't work. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7696648.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7696648.stm

Anon84 18y ago
Apple did buy a CPU company a little while ago... http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/apple-buys-chip-p-a-semi-chip-designer-intel-says-wha/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/apple-buys-chip-p-a-semi-... My guess is that they'll use this together with Intel chips to add functionality.
- mcormier 18y ago
  Yeah, I'm fully aware of that, but p-a-semi conductor is for mobile chips. I don't discount that Apple will be making chips for it's mobile iPhone platform to replace the ARM processors but stating that Apple is going to break away from Intel on it's larger machines is ludicrous. Apple is still supporting G4's and G5's and the move to Intel is still fairly new. Nothing is impossible, but saying that Apple will be moving from Intel in it's desktop/laptops is ludicrous. That would be a long term play of 10+ years, and I don't think Robert Enderle ever thinks that far ahead.
  - jwilliams 18y ago
    > I don't discount that Apple will be making chips for it's mobile iPhone platform to replace the ARM processors.. I'd say this is unlikely too. ARM is a pretty decent platform and not too expensive to license. There is a whole toolchain/support/knowledge around ARM that is pretty extensive. Unless you were doing something pretty far-out there isn't really a compelling reason to jump... And Apple is hardly a Transmeta type. The most I'd expect is licensing the design and then combine/customise in a specialised way (e.g. adding some of the baseband pieces in?).

Anon84 18y ago

Apple did buy a CPU company a little while ago... http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/apple-buys-chip-p-a-semi-chip-designer-intel-says-wha/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/apple-buys-chip-p-a-semi-... My guess is that they'll use this together with Intel chips to add functionality.

mcormier 18y ago
Yeah, I'm fully aware of that, but p-a-semi conductor is for mobile chips. I don't discount that Apple will be making chips for it's mobile iPhone platform to replace the ARM processors but stating that Apple is going to break away from Intel on it's larger machines is ludicrous. Apple is still supporting G4's and G5's and the move to Intel is still fairly new. Nothing is impossible, but saying that Apple will be moving from Intel in it's desktop/laptops is ludicrous. That would be a long term play of 10+ years, and I don't think Robert Enderle ever thinks that far ahead.
- jwilliams 18y ago
  > I don't discount that Apple will be making chips for it's mobile iPhone platform to replace the ARM processors.. I'd say this is unlikely too. ARM is a pretty decent platform and not too expensive to license. There is a whole toolchain/support/knowledge around ARM that is pretty extensive. Unless you were doing something pretty far-out there isn't really a compelling reason to jump... And Apple is hardly a Transmeta type. The most I'd expect is licensing the design and then combine/customise in a specialised way (e.g. adding some of the baseband pieces in?).