According to reports, Apple purchased embedded chip maker PA Semi this week and the rumors are flying: that Apple is back in chipset business; or that Apple is going back to the PowerPC for some future device (since PA Semi made PowerPC-based processor). However, some chip analysts say that it could be that Apple is playing defense and covering its rear end in case of litigation.
Fast PowerPC processors: Gotta love 'em.Not surprisingly, speed was big news at this week's IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference in San Francisco (see http://www.
One Seeking Alpha contributor looked at Apple through the lens of Warren Buffett's Buffettology principles. To no surprise, he mostly likes what he sees. Of course, Buffett ain't having any of it.
The clock keeps ticking for Macs based on PowerPC processors as Apple's recently released iLife '11 content-creation suite is now Intel-only.
Mac OS cloner Mactell Corp. this week introduced new high-performance models with PowerPC 750 processors in its XB Pro line of Mac clones as well as a pair of entry-level configurations.
MacTech recently released a 7,500-word head-to-head comparison of Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion, comprising more than 3,500 tests on both single- and multiprocessor desktop and mobile Macs with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows 7. What more could we want?
San Jose, Calif. - Intel Corp. took the spotlight here at MicroDesign Resources' Microprocessor Forum conference last week.
Motorola Computer Group said today it has halted its foray into Mac OS licensing.The company said it will discontinue its Mac OS-compatible business, following Apple's moves to limit cloners to older board designs and processors.
Total Impact Inc. today joined the drive to bring Power Macs up to speed with the latest in PowerPC technology when it took the wraps off a raft of CPU upgrades that feature the PowerPC 750, or G3, processor.
In its semi-annual head-to-head Windows virtualization slugfest, MacTech Labs found that Parallels Desktop beats VMware Fusion performs better on most Mac benchmarks.
