http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/ Engadget Comments for Details emerge on Apple's acquisition of chip designer P.A. Semi http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/
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See me after class.

D-]]>May 8th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/]]>May 8th 2008 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/With so very little known about the plans though, it's difficult to determine what motivated Apple to do this in the first place; discounting the profits and pure technological superiority it could potentially hold.

I do think it's safe to say they wouldn't make this move unless they knew it could benefit them, and hopefully by extension, their customer's greatly.

Not to mention it also allows them to regain a little bit of that hush hush M.O. they so lovingly prided themselves on.]]>May 8th 2008 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/
Can you say, bye bye mainstream game support?]]>May 8th 2008 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/
This three-way collaboration became known as AIM alliance, for Apple, IBM, Motorola.

They had a better chance then of launching their own processor line then they do now.]]>May 8th 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/
It's probably for some iPod/iPhone related DSP chip, I doubt Apple would be stupid enough to try to make their own CPUs or GPUs
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Agreed. First post with some sense.]]>May 8th 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/May 8th 2008 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/details-emerge-on-apples-acquistion-of-chip-designer-p-a-semi/
Bookmark my post so you know where to find it when my prediction comes true.]]>May 8th 2008 3:44PM