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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

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?).