Comments on: With iPhone In Mind, Apple Buys Chip Maker

By: Oracle on the Prowl for Chip Firms: Tech News «

Oracle on the Prowl for Chip Firms: Tech News « — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:06:35 +0000

[...] this tightly integrated strategy, such differentiation at the silicon level makes sense. Look at Apple’s purchase of PA Semi and Intrinsity to goose its own hardware as it pushed the envelope battery life and performance for [...]

By: Google Buys Stealthy Startup Agnilux

Google Buys Stealthy Startup Agnilux — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0000

[...] according to PEHub. Agnilux was founded by engineers who formerly worked at startup PA Semi, which Apple purchased in 2008. The startup is supposedly making some type of server. Google buying such a company could go a long [...]

By: Breaking: Google Buys Stealthy Startup Agnilux

Breaking: Google Buys Stealthy Startup Agnilux — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:10:00 +0000

By: What’s Inside Apple’s Tablet? – GigaOM

What’s Inside Apple’s Tablet? – GigaOM — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:02:26 +0000

[...] is enhancing the core processor with the help of design team from PA Semi, a company Apple bought for roughly $278 million in 2008. Apple has focused on enhancing video and graphic capabilities of the device with its internal [...]

By: AMD Chipping Away at ATI Buy

AMD Chipping Away at ATI Buy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:12:18 +0000

[...] the many chipmakers crowding this market. This is why Qualcomm likely bought these assets, and why Apple is building its own integrated SoC for the [...]

By: Apple’s Custom iPhone Chips Would Hurt Samsung - GigaOM

Apple’s Custom iPhone Chips Would Hurt Samsung - GigaOM — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:12 +0000

[...] own application processors for the iPhone — something long suspected after Apple purchased low-power chip firm PA Semi and got a license to tweak the ARM mobile core. Such news might cheer Apple enthusiasts, but [...]

By: Apple Mikroişlemci Üreticisi PA Semi’yi satın aldı « iphone hakkında her şey

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:30:42 +0000

[...] Apple Mikroişlemci Üreticisi PA Semi’yi satın aldı Forbes’dan Erika Brown‘un haberine göre Apple mikroişlemci tasarım firması PA Semi’yi 278 milyon dolara satın aldı. Buy satınalma iPhone tasarımını Apple’ın sahip olduğu bir mikroişlemci etrafında merkezileştirecek. Aynı zamanda bu adım stratejik önemde bir karar ve Apple’ın amiral gemisi iPhone’u diğer rakiplerinden farklılaştıracak. http://gigaom.com/2008/04/22/apple-pa-semi/ [...]

By: Will DoD Fight Apple Over PA Semi - GigaOM

Will DoD Fight Apple Over PA Semi - GigaOM — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:20:54 +0000

[...] PM PT Comments (0) Ever since Forbes.com reported that PA Semi, a fabless chip company was being acquired by Apple for $278 million, there has been a lot of debate around why Apple bought them. I thought it [...]

By: ipv5

ipv5 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:26:30 +0000

Since they do maintain an os for both intel and powerpc processors, I would not be that surprised if they come up with something nifty powered by that chip.

By: Klaus

Klaus — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:22:26 +0000

Om, IMHO Steve Jobs figured he must try everything to lock out competition on the hardware/cloning front.

Jobs does not want to see a Compaq <-> IBM compatible PC scenario developing again.

Jobs wants to move back to (now their own) PowerPC chips COMPLETELY (if possible)

Will this work? The chances are very low, but if this works out Jobs is The Man again.