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That confused me a bit, thanks. In '98, Macs still used PPC architecture, and the IPhone didn't exist. I don't know what kind of CPU the IPod was using at the
by amalcon 3y ago
That confused me a bit, thanks. In '98, Macs still used PPC architecture, and the IPhone didn't exist. I don't know what kind of CPU the IPod was using at the time -- I'd guess ARM. Still, that seemed like it could get away with an off the shelf CPU -- buying a bunch of chip design talent doesn't seem like it would be super rational then.
- leejoramo 3y agoThe Newton was Apple’s first big usage of ARM https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton
- masklinn 3y agoiPod was only released in 2001, though, and the idea to make a PMP only really got steam in 2000, with much of the work only happening after Fadell was urgency is how Apple got to contract out much of the work, even he was initially contracted before getting fully hired when his proof of concept got the nod). OTOH the ill-fated Newton was also ARM-based. As well as the emate pseudo-laptop.
- classichasclass 3y agoFor that matter, PA Semi was itself a Power licensee. They were developing the PA6T, which might have been in whatever the next PowerBook would have been. After the purchase, Apple still had to make promises about its availability because it was being used in some military applications even though they would never use the PA6T in one of their own machines. I think the AmigaOne X1000 was the only generally available computer that ever used it.