Author: gerold daniels
Date: 05:50:33 06/05/05
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On June 05, 2005 at 04:38:34, Darrel Briley wrote: >As has been rumored previously. > >Apple to switch to Intel chips starting in '06-CNET >Reuters - 6 hours ago >SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) >plans to announce on Monday that it will switch ... >http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8697271 > >Coming on Monday: Intel-Based Macs? >PC World - Jun 3, 2005 >One of PC World's esteemed competitors (hint: Its initials are News.com) is >reporting that Steve Jobs will announce at Monday's Apple World Wide Developer >... >http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000706.html > >Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips >ZDNet - Jun 3, 2005 >Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with >IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors, CNET News.com has >... >http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5731398.html > > > >And Finally... >http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%2C+switch+to+Intel+chips/2100-1006_3-5731398.html?tag=nefd.lede >Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips >Published: June 3, 2005, 5:08 PM PDT >Last modified: June 3, 2005, 5:11 PM PDT >By Stephen Shankland >Staff Writer, CNET News.com > >TrackBack Print E-mail TalkBack >update Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its >partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors, >CNET News.com has learned. > >Apple has used IBM's PowerPC processors since 1994, but will begin a phased >transition to Intel's chips, sources familiar with the situation said. Apple >plans to move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to Intel chips in >mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in mid-2007, sources said. > >The announcement is expected Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in >San Francisco, at which Chief Executive Steve Jobs is giving the keynote speech. >The conference would be an appropriate venue: Changing the chips would require >programmers to rewrite their software to take full advantage of the new >processor. > >IBM, Intel and Apple declined to comment for this story. > >Related Story >Apple and Intel: film stars? >The high-powered pairing could set >the stage for a Hollywood ending. The Wall Street Journal reported last month >that Apple was considering switching to Intel, but many analysts were skeptical >citing the difficulty and risk to Apple. > >That skepticism remains. "If they actually do that, I will be surprised, amazed >and concerned," said Insight 64 analyst Nathan Brookwood. "I don't know that >Apple's market share can survive another architecture shift. Every time they do >this, they lose more customers" and more software partners, he said. > >Apple successfully navigated a switch in the 1990s from Motorola's 680x0 line of >processors to the Power line jointly made by Motorola and IBM. That switch also >required software to be revamped to take advantage of the new processors' >performance, but emulation software permitted older programs to run on the new >machines. (Motorola spinoff Freescale currently makes PowerPC processors for >Apple notebooks and the Mac Mini.) > >The relationship between Apple and IBM has been rocky at times. Apple openly >criticized IBM for chip delivery problems, though Big Blue said it fixed the >issue. More recent concerns, which helped spur the Intel deal, included tension >between Apple's desire for a wide variety of PowerPC processors and IBM's >concerns about the profitability of a low-volume business, according to one >source familiar with the partnership. > >Over the years, Apple has discussed potential deals with Intel and Advanced >Micro Devices, chipmaker representatives have said. > >One advantage Apple has this time: The open-source FreeBSD operating system, of >which Mac OS X is a variant, already runs on x86 chips such as Intel's Pentium. >And Jobs has said Mac OS X could easily run on x86 chips. > >The move also raises questions about Apple's future computer strategy. One basic >choice it has in the Intel-based PC realm is whether to permit its Mac OS X >operating system to run on any company's computer or only its own. > >IBM loses cachet with the end of the Apple partnership, but it can take >consolation in that it's designing and manufacturing the Power family processors >for future gaming consoles from Microsoft, Sony and Ninendo, said Clay Ryder, a >Sageza Group analyst. > >"I would think in the sheer volume, all the stuff they're doing with the game >consoles would be bigger. But anytime you lose a high-profile customer, that >hurts in ways that are not quantifiable but that still hurt," Ryder said. > > Previous Next Indeed, IBM has a "Power Everywhere" marketing campaign to >tout the wide use of its Power processors. The chips show up in everything from >networking equipment to IBM servers to the most powerful supercomputer, Blue >Gene/L. > >Intel dominates the PC processor business, with an 81.7 percent market share in >the first quarter of 2005, compared with 16.9 percent for Advanced Micro >Devices, according to Dean McCarron of Mercury Research. Those numbers do not >include PowerPC processors. However, Apple has roughly 1.8 percent of the >worldwide PC market, he added. > >Apple shipped 1.07 million PCs in the first quarter, and its move to Intel would >likely bump up the chipmaker's shipments by a corresponding amount, McCarron >added. > >CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos and Richard Shim contributed to this report. > >Maybe in 2006 or 2007 Intel will have an answer to AMD's overall performance >lead...maybe not. so apple is going to catch up with the real world. i hope. gerold.
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