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  • Apple & ARM have been crucial to each other's survival for three decades

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    hammeroftruth said:
    chadbag said:
    What would have happened if Intel hadn’t just sold its Xscale division (its ARM based processors inherited from DEC and its StrongARM processors which DEC first developed with Apple MessagePad as its target)?  and then when Apple came calling for an iPhone processor had been able to offer an ARM based Intel Xscale processor, which I presume would have performed better than the Samsung ARM Apple used)? 

    Anyway, just daydreaming. 
    I doubt that Intel wanted anything more from DEC, but to buy it and bury it. They didn’t want any RISC chips interfering with their plans and they also got Microsoft to help by shelving Windows for PPC. 
    Well they spent a lot of effort and time with it to just bury it.  StrongARM evolved into Xscale and between the two Intel ran the business for almost 10 years after acquiring it from DEC.  In 2006 Intel sold the PXA line of Xscale SoC to Marvel.  I don’t know what happened to the various Xscale embedded/IO controller/etc non SoC Xscale based lines as Wikipedia specifically mentions the Xscale PXA (SoC) in the sale to Marvel.  

    Intel used StrongARM to replace their foundering i860/i960 risc processors.  Eventually, after 10 almost 10
    years (1997-2006) they decided to double down on x86 and sold and used the proceeds to do so. 
    tmayFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Apple & ARM have been crucial to each other's survival for three decades

    chadbagchadbag
    What would have happened if Intel hadn’t just sold its Xscale division (its ARM based processors inherited from DEC and its StrongARM processors which DEC first developed with Apple MessagePad as its target)?  and then when Apple came calling for an iPhone processor had been able to offer an ARM based Intel Xscale processor, which I presume would have performed better than the Samsung ARM Apple used)? 

    Anyway, just daydreaming. 
    FileMakerFellerwatto_cobrajony0

  • Apple & ARM's iPhone & Mac chip partnership will continue for decades

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    Yes those early licensees included DEC, at one time the second largest computer company behind IBM, which developed a high powered version of the ARM architecture called StrongARM and which was developed with Apple specifically in mind.   The original Newton MessagePad used an ARM610 but the MessagePad 2000 switched to StrongARM.  DEC sold this tech and teams to Intel as part of a lawsuit and Int developed StrongARM into their Xscale line. 

    Other companies also licensed ARM architecture and reference designs etc (there were various versions/degrees of license)including TI and Samsung.  samsung based ARM powered early iPhones if I’m not mistaken (from memory so I could be wrong and I believe TI was used as well?)  So the idea of licensing their designs was a good and well founded decision that has lead us to where we are at and Apple has been there since the beginning, being a founding member (later sold off to raise cash) and a perpetual foundational licensee  

    (I grew up in the DEC family as my dad took a job with them when I was 10 and I later spent about 6 years, not contiguous, working for them in NH and Munich). 
    tmaydewmesphericFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Malicious attackers can flood iPhone users with endless popups using a $170 tool

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    Of course Facebook has been force feeding me sponsored posts by the company selling this Flippet One device. 


    watto_cobra

  • iPhone 15 cases may be synthetic leather, but these 'FineWoven' cases probably aren't it

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    mayfly said:
    "Apple will no longer be making leather iPhone cases"
    I don't beilieve Apple ever actually made leather anything. They pay someone else to make them.
    That said, I've never bought an Apple branded case for anything. There are plenty to choose from in the aftermarket, and they're all less expensive, have tons more options, and many are as high quality as Apple's branded offerings.

    Still don't think leather is the best material for iPhone cases. A grippy rubber or plastic case has the best functionality.
    Surprise surprise.  Apple hasn’t made anything (hard) of its own in a long time.  Your iPhone, your max, your Apple TV.  All made by someone else Apple is paying to manufacture for them.  Of course cases are also on that list. Cases are the least of what they (don’t) make 
    Alex1Nmayfly