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Quote: Originally Posted by Hudson1 Those are all good points and I'm sure this was a major factor in Apple's decision to make their big switch to Intel X86 CPUs. If PowerPC couldn't create a sustainable advantage then it really became a liabili…
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Quote: Originally Posted by quinney Please give a few examples. IBM first used someone else's CPU (Intel 8088) in its IBM PC. Having a common CPU architecture was a catalyst for the nacent PC market. Sony and Philips both used their own ICs in…
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What has made it possible for companies to design new products in weeks or months - instead of years - is precisely the availability of ICs designed to meet the needs of an industry rather than one company. I think SJ is going backwards. Remember wh…