Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Mar 2009 22:13 UTC
Apple The usually already overactive Apple rumour mill has been spinning like crazy the past few days due to rumours about apple possibly entering the netbook market. The rumours are vague and not exactly definitive, but that doesn't mean mulling a possible apple netbook isn't interesting. If the Cupertino company built a netbook, what would it look like?
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PA Semi Team
by Treza on Wed 11th Mar 2009 12:20 UTC
Treza
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2006-01-11

I wonder what are doing all the CPU design experts that Apple got when they bought PA Semiconductors which created fine and highly efficient PowerPC chips (PA6T core). They are supposed to design ARM-based System On Chip devices.

I'm convinced that Apple is preparing something original, maybe not another x86 netbook (current netbooks are fine hackintoshes), probably more of the kind large-iphone-with-a-keyboard.

RE: PA Semi Team
by werpu on Wed 11th Mar 2009 13:12 in reply to "PA Semi Team"
werpu Member since:
2006-01-18

I wonder what are doing all the CPU design experts that Apple got when they bought PA Semiconductors which created fine and highly efficient PowerPC chips (PA6T core). They are supposed to design ARM-based System On Chip devices.

I'm convinced that Apple is preparing something original, maybe not another x86 netbook (current netbooks are fine hackintoshes), probably more of the kind large-iphone-with-a-keyboard.


They bought it for the iphone period, the iphone is arm based and will be for the forseeable future, not matter what Intel says they are not in the same league with their measly Atoms!

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