online.wsj.com — Apple Inc. is building a significant capability to design its own computer chips, a strategy shift that the company hopes will create exclusive features for its gadgets and shield Apple's work from rivals. The Silicon Valley trend-setter has been hiring people from many different segments of the semiconductor industry, including engineers to...
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frostbytApr 30, 2009
I am digging you up for knowing that but then digging you back down for being a fan boy of old macs.
angelbunnyApr 30, 2009
All this negative speculation is amazingly absurd. Obviously Apple does not plan to complete with companies like AMD and intel. Apple wants to lower price of production and increase battery life of its products. It doesn't take a genius to realize this.
liquidiseApr 30, 2009
exactly as s73v3r points out. They do not have any sort of computer monopoly, or any other market they are in.
mohsenxpMay 3, 2009
Correction: Proprietary hardware is rarely good for piracy.
fredfredricksonMay 11, 2009
One of the main reasons why Apple became more acceptable as a mainstream computing device was because they adopted Intel chips, which made them able to run Windows and set up a more common thread between Mac's and the more dominant "PC" platform.If Apple moves away from Intel, they're treading dangerous water. Programmers don't want to go back to square one every time a new platform comes out, and this will hurt their popularity in the long run if they aren't 100% compatible with Intel chips.