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IBM moved away from X86-X64 hardware, sold them to Lenovo. IBM knows it is the Post-PC and Post-Microsoft era. IBM sees Apple using ARM for mobile devices, an
by orionblastar 12y ago
IBM moved away from X86-X64 hardware, sold them to Lenovo.
IBM knows it is the Post-PC and Post-Microsoft era.
IBM sees Apple using ARM for mobile devices, and Apple, Motorola, and IBM once were partners in the PowerPC technology. So possible IBM and Apple could make a new series of ARM chips for servers and mobile devices. Apple wants to drop Samsung for ARM chips and other stuff, and IBM could replace Samsung.
IBM could make ARM based servers that run OSX Server in a blade configuration for Apple, and Apple can license iOS to IBM for mobile devices, and OSX Server for servers.
I figure a new version of OSX called OSX/2 will be made, with puns towards OS/2 that came out of Microsoft-IBM working together. One that is ARM and X64 based and uses some universal binary format to make apps run on both platforms.