By: wumpus (lost.delete@this.in.a.cave), June 26, 2020 6:43 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Nikdo (Nikdo.delete@this.nikdo.com) on June 25, 2020 6:39 pm wrote:
> Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us) on June 25, 2020 3:33 pm wrote:
> > PowerPC also had PA Semi as an option. They probably didn't feel like going with a small startup company.
>
> Acquired by Apple in 2008.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A._Semi
>
The timings odd. Perhaps they wanted the engineers even if they didn't provide the chips they wanted. Maybe they did try to make an iPod/iPhone line in PPC (and presumably move everything to PPC) and got nowhere.
So my "Apple Silicon" concept was probably considered a lot more than I thought, although I'm sure they still considered it a longshot.
> Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us) on June 25, 2020 3:33 pm wrote:
> > PowerPC also had PA Semi as an option. They probably didn't feel like going with a small startup company.
>
> Acquired by Apple in 2008.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A._Semi
>
The timings odd. Perhaps they wanted the engineers even if they didn't provide the chips they wanted. Maybe they did try to make an iPod/iPhone line in PPC (and presumably move everything to PPC) and got nowhere.
So my "Apple Silicon" concept was probably considered a lot more than I thought, although I'm sure they still considered it a longshot.