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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 23-Apr-2008 14:49:06
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| I guess now we find out what Apple's plans are for Low-Level Virtual Machine considering they support both Intel and PowerPC. |
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 23-Apr-2008 15:08:13
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| This is great news, and somewhat very surprising! It seems that Apple might have regreeted moving over to Intel, and actually sees the huge potensial that P.A Semi can give future computeres and IPods. It's also likely that this can have a lot to say for the future of Amiga..
Many possibilities, and i know that Microsoft will hate the fact that they can own everything of computing technology out there. After all, Microsoft might have broken more laws than they have ever released Windows!
I welcome this news! This is just great!
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 23-Apr-2008 16:03:39
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| IMHO is bad news...
Apple will reserve big quantities of PA-SEMI chips for itself, leaving almost none for other buyers... 
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 23-Apr-2008 16:38:51
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| Yeah if Apple owns the company they ain't going to share. |
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 23-Apr-2008 17:44:07
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| It seems that Apple might have regreeted moving over to Intel |
Que? Their fortunes have been nothing but good since the switch.
I'd see the PA Semi chips being more useful for their STBs and handhelds (should they come up with something with more oomph than the current ARM chips).
Or perhaps they just saw a bargain and went for it.
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 23-Apr-2008 19:00:36
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| Probably just a low cost way to obtain the design team and remove future potential competion?
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 24-Apr-2008 7:21:41
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 24-Apr-2008 8:20:48
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| I'd see the PA Semi chips being more useful for their STBs and handhelds (should they come up with something with more oomph than the current ARM chips). |
Dunno, seems PA Semi was working on multi core ARM CPUs as of late. It doesn't matter much anymore, it is all going into the belly of the beast.
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 24-Apr-2008 9:35:48
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| gnarly :
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| Que? Their fortunes have been nothing but good since the switch. |
They had a really good second quarter this year..
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8592
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Apple in its fiscal second quarter shipped 2.29 million Macs to top even the most optimistic Wall Street projections.
Apple had been expected to ship 2.1 million Macs, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, one of Apple’s biggest supporters on Wall Street.
Since Mac sales were expected to carry the quarter it’s no surprise that Apple blew through Wall Street estimates too. Apple reported net income of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 a share, in its second quarter on record revenue of $7.51 billion. According to Thomson Financial, Apple was expected to report second quarter earnings of $1.07 a share on sales of $6.96 billion. |
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Re: Apple Buys a P.A. Semi for $278M
Posted on 24-Apr-2008 13:12:44
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| Je,je,je, Mac come back to old knew and good, or Mr. Jobs is cover his back if he discuss with the Intel, I hope in that case that MAC doesn't closed this enterprise and they continue with the develop of this CPUs and they help to its develop and best. |
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