Apple to the Core: Why Steve Jobs is buying PA Semiconductor
Nice analysis by Robert X. Cringely:
“Apple this week bought a fabless chip company called PA Semiconductor and pundits far and wide are trying to explain the deal with broadly varying ideas, some of which are close but none seem to really understand what the deal is about. In the short term this acquisition means precisely nothing to Apple users. In the long term it could be quite significant, however, and gives a number of tantalizing hints about Apple’s hardware strategy. ..”
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[...] splitting times wrote an interesting post today on Apple to the Core: Why Steve Jobs is buying PA SemiconductorHere’s a quick excerpt … e looking at the next iPhone chip, or perhaps the one after. That is very unlikely….But it is very unlikely — almost impossible — that this acquisition was based with the iPhone in mind. Then why did Apple do it?…Of course that doesn’t mean Apple couldn’t switch to PA silicon for the iPhone over time….PA Semi has aimed at workstation and server and high-power embedded chips that use far too much power for any iPhone…. [...]
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