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Apple purchased Palo Alto Semi which made the biggest difference. One of their best acquisitions ever in my opinion… not that they make all that many of those a
by twilo 1y ago
Apple purchased Palo Alto Semi which made the biggest difference. One of their best acquisitions ever in my opinion… not that they make all that many of those anyway.
- nxobject 1y agoEqually (arguably) importantly, Johny Srouji joined Apple the same year as PA Semi's acquisition - '08 – and led Apple A4. (He previously worked at IBM on POWER7, which is a fascinating switch in market segment.)
- lhl 1y agoApple actually makes a lot more acquisitions than you think, but they are rarely very high profile/talked about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...
- simonh 1y ago> One of their best acquisitions ever in my opinion… NeXT? But yes, I completely get what you’re saying, I just couldn’t resist. It was an amazingly long sighted strategic move, for sure.
- linotype 1y agoI almost feel like NeXT was a reverse acquisition, like Apple became NeXT with an Apple logo.
- pjmlp 1y agoPretty much so, I would say.
- dfe 1y agoThat was true, but look at https://www.apple.com/leadership/ https://www.apple.com/leadership/ today. Craig Federighi is a notable NeXT alum. And... I think he might be the only one left in leadership. NeXT was a comparatively small company compared to Apple.