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Ironically(?) PA Semi was working on a POWER ISA processor[0], after Apple made the switch to from PowerPC to Intel. Though it look like those working @ PA Sem
by sillywalk 3y ago
Ironically(?) PA Semi was working on a POWER ISA processor[0], after Apple made the switch to from PowerPC to Intel.
Though it look like those working @ PA Semi helped design both the Alpha and StrongARM processors.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWRficient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWRficient
- tambourine_man 3y agoYes, we were all speculating PA Semi’s PWRficient PPC chips were the future of laptop chips on Macs. I remember being very exited about that on MacRumors and ArsTechnica forums. Apple always wanted to make their own chips (see Alan Kay’s famous quote), they just lacked the volume.