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- Apple's x86 Move: reality and the party line
- Apple's x86 Move: reality and the party lineVaporhardwareJust where is this 3.2 Ghz PPC? M$ is famous for pre-announcing stuff that is ready to "freeze" the marketplace - is IBM following suit?By all accounts the Cell processor SHOULD be a barn burner, but as evidenced by Sun and HP before...
- Tags: Processors, Game players, Apple OS X, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, console, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., PowerPC G5 successor, IBM PowerPC G5, Intel x86, Microsoft Xbox
- Discussion threads 2005-08-22
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- Apple is building a moat (of semiconductors)
- Apple is building a moat of semiconductorsIn other newsWWDC 2009 has sold out in a little over four weeks.http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/As a past attendee those attending will find it invaluable and great fun.The rest of us will will have the opportunity of getting the session videos earlier.Why is Apple doing it? ...
- Tags: Research & Development, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, semiconductor, WWDC 2009, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Rumor mill: AMD and IBM could get cozy
- Rumor mill: AMD and IBM could get cozyAMD is IBM's baby in a way.AMD wouldn't be here today if IBM didn't settle for a second vendor to supply x86 processors. If I remember right, IBM had some forward thinking about personal computers and decided that if one hardware vendor...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Cell, IBM Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., processor
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Cringley, MacTel, and nutty theories
- When Apple first announced its MacTel decision Robert Cringley started to spend a lot of time looking for the long term smart in Apples otherwise inexplicable decision. As a result he first used his PBS pulpit to announce what I thought was a fairly nutty conspiracy theory...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, theory, Microsoft Windows, Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- More on PPC vs. x86
- More on PPC vs. x86?The auto-vectorisation optimisation is a part of the GNU Compiler Collection. The optimisation is:an optimisation that automates loop vectorisation at tree-SSA level - and is therefore very much not just PPC specific;not IBMs (i.e. not 'their "GCC Auto-Vectorisation Compiler"')."IBM hasn't reported on the other embedded...
- Tags: Development tools, Processors, Intel x86, PPC, IBM Corp., Apple Inc., GCC, Apple Macintosh, compiler, optimisation
- Discussion threads 2006-08-30
- Now, about that G5
- Last week's discussion of Apple's deteriorating competitive position with respect to the high end desktop got misunderstood by a lot of readers who thought I was comparing the G5 to the new "woodcrest" Xeons. I wasn't, but that kind of thing is always fun, so lets start by looking at...
- Tags: Processors, XBench CPU, Intel Xeon, CPU
- Blog posts 2006-08-29
- Dempsey, Woodcrest, and the G5 Mac
- Dempsey, Woodcrest, and the G5 MacReger, your bias is showing.You know, often you have a valid point, but it's hard to take seriously when you do things like saying "InHell". Just makes you seem like a ranting basher and little else.*I* would not have picked AMD.While Murph points out...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Apple MacBook, MAC Pro, Apple Inc., Inhell, Woodcrest, hardware, chip, EPIC, Dell Computer Corp., performance
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- Scratching the 25-year PC itch
- Scratching the 25-year PC itchWow! What rose colored glasses.I remember that era as a time when many of my 20-something peers, who had to work on these infernal things, were going prematurely bald!computer eccentric>" getting closer to his concept of human-centric computing. It's been a lot like watching grass grow,...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, CPU, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Macs see growth spurt
- Macs see growth spurtErrata...Apple has been using dual-core G5s for about a year, not two.The POWER4 is really two dual-core processors on one chip. IBM's 'multi-chip modules' are multiple POWER4s in a single package.And the POWER4 was the first dual-core microprocessor in a single die.Many consumers, especially Mac owners,...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, IBM POWER4, IBM Corp., Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Apple Macintosh, Equanimity
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
- Apple releases Intel-based iBook successor
- Apple releases Intel-based iBook successorWeight is an issueI carry my 12" PowerBook with me in my purse equivalent. The two make or break issues for me are weight and ability to connect to projectors for talks with sufficient video RAM for eye catching special effects. I want a 10" MacBook...
- Tags: Processors, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, CPU, Intel Corp., processor, IBM PowerPC, OSX, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, virus, Intel Core Duo, Intel Pentium 4
- Discussion threads 2006-05-16
- Shareholders take stock of Apple
- Shareholders take stock of AppleWhat about AMD?AMD would have been my choice, but I guessthey got a good deal... :|The Paradigm StrikesAnd once again, we see the paradigm at work.Everyone just assumes computers in landfills are deadly hazardous, becasue, well, that's what you've been told by the agitprop machine.The tree-huggers...
- Tags: stock, shareholder, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Another Mactel consequence
- Another Mactel consequenceMactel WAS a stupid decisionBrand differentiation is key in today's marketplace. It creates Buzz, clouds direct comparisons, and creates emotional ties to your product - its EVERYTHING you could hope for and advertising emphasizes it big time. Those Mac fanboys develop quite an "attitude" of superiority by emphasizing...
- Tags: Operating systems, Brand differentiation, Apple Inc., OpenGL, hardware
- Discussion threads 2006-04-13
- Applying the Midas touch to Mactel
- Applying the Midas touch to MactelFreescale had their chanceFreescale was around and in-contention when Apple made their latest deal with the devil. Why didn't Apple jump on it in the first place? The roots of this decision go back to the begining, when Apple, IBM and Motorolla came together to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Inc., PPC, Freescale, Motorolla, Daystar Technology today
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- What Mactel means for Apple
- What Mactel means for AppleBe careful what you wish forMany macfanboys cried for Apple to make the switch to x86. They THOUGHT those same things that you outlined - but mostly they wanted a less expensive mac. This MIGHT have happened had Apple gone to AMD or VIA for its...
- Tags: Network technology, Semiconductors, Best Guess, Apple Inc., x64 chip, chip, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-02-15
- The megahertz myth and the UltraSPARC T1
- Until quite recently Intel's basic sales pitch on its PC CPUs focused on the notion that higher megahertz rates automatically produce improved throughput and most of the PC market accepted that as reasonable. It wasn't, of course; but Apple has lost significant market share over this bit of misrepresentation and...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Xeon
- Blog posts 2006-02-07
- Intel-based Macs fall short in benchmarks
- Intel-based Macs fall short in benchmarksYep bad performance was perdictable..And you have to spend a whopping $1700 for a slug of a machine. How foolish Jobs must think the droves of mac faithful are. Guess what,,,he is right. The thing is going to sell. despite it being saddled with a...
- Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Processors, Photoshop Action, Apple iMac, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., min, Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
- A paragraph about Cell
- A paragraph about CellThat's gotta scare the pants off NVidia and ATI;-)what was it, we were discussing yesterday?Reading this part of the article reminds me of the blog of yesterday, which was about using M$ or Linux software for dba functions and especially the way it was configured for benchmarks......
- Tags: Processors, possiblilty, Cell, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-19
- Old, new iMacs available for same prices
- Old, new iMacs available for same pricesMakes perfect senseApple's Pro line of applications, and many third party applications are supported on the new Intel Macs.For example Final Cut Studio 1.0, Aperture, Logic Pro 7.1 or Logic Express 7.1 Universal version will not be available until 1st Feb at the earliest.Silly...
- Tags: Desktops, Quark Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2006-01-10
- New Macs--Intel inside, but not outside
- New Macs--Intel inside, but not outsideThe reason why... That will NOT be told.Well, after campaining for years on a dead horse about how great the G4 chips were andthey were registered as supercomputers, basically ran intel down.But on the other hand, they should just put thelogo on there and...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, PPC, Intel Core chip, chip, Intel Corp., IBM PowerPC, IBM POWER5, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-10
- Jobs delivers the Intel goods--perfect timing
- Steve Jobs walked on the sparse Macworld Expo stage just after 9:00 AM PST and started with the financial results for the quarter, a record $5.7 billion, including 14 million iPods and about 3 million songs per day sold. As usual, he saved the best for last, introducing Intel...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Jobs, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
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