Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Jun 2008 23:37 UTC
We're continuing our detailed coverage of all the bits and pieces dripping from the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Fransisco. As you all might recall, Apple bought a chip company called P.A. Semi not too long ago, a maker of low-power PowerPC chips, fuelling rumours Apple might use them in its own products such as the iPhone and iPod. This has now been confirmed by His Steveness himself.
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I believe the SoC that currently powers the iPod is in fact a Samsung part.
Also note that P.A. Semi have no fab of their own, so unless Apple plans on buying up a chip foundry also, they'll still need a manufacturing partner, which would likely remain Samsung.
Edited 2008-06-12 01:05 UTC
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2008-06-11
What happened to Samsung? I remember reading a while back that Samsung chips would wind up powering iPods, did that deal ever happen?
I hope they can come up with a better headphone amp. The amplifier in my iPod Touch is VERY noisy with high-end earphones, although I have an external portable amp so it's not a big deal for me.