By: Mark Roulo (nothanks.delete@this.xxx.com), June 26, 2020 6:56 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
wumpus (lost.delete@this.in.a.cave) on June 26, 2020 6:43 am wrote:
> 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.
PA-Semi was an aqui-hire
> 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.
PA-Semi was an aqui-hire