IBM vs. Intel
The Inquirer posts an internal IBM memo in which IBM promotes their major win in beating Intel at providing technology for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox as well as Apple's PowerMac:
The fact that Apple had considered using the Intel processors for their PowerMac line was previously revealed in another internal IBM publication.
We've handed Intel another defeat. Earlier this year, we kept them out of the Apple G5 and now we've thrown them out of Xbox. (Not bad, considering one Intel executive recently called us "trivial");
The fact that Apple had considered using the Intel processors for their PowerMac line was previously revealed in another internal IBM publication.
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104 months ago
I still to this day find it funny (and ironic) that we Apple fans are cheering on "Big Blue."
Hee hee.... ahh how the world has changed!
As I stated in my previous posts regarding XBox Next (and other game consoles), the one true winner in the upcoming console wars is: IBM.
w00master
Hee hee.... ahh how the world has changed!
As I stated in my previous posts regarding XBox Next (and other game consoles), the one true winner in the upcoming console wars is: IBM.
w00master
104 months ago
Interesting. Especially that Intel would consider IBM "trivial" when IBM is the one company that has the resources and management to not only compete but surpass them...
Also suggests that IBM is promising and/or delivering more than Intel, which appears to have fallen far behind Moore's law, even if clock speed has always been only part of the overall throughput equation. Now if Dell or other large PC box makers start thinking about it, we'll really have a story!
Bob
Also suggests that IBM is promising and/or delivering more than Intel, which appears to have fallen far behind Moore's law, even if clock speed has always been only part of the overall throughput equation. Now if Dell or other large PC box makers start thinking about it, we'll really have a story!
Bob
104 months ago
i just wonder where/how IBM is going to expand next? they are an interesting company but i have never really kept tabs on them too much, i wonder if they are going to try to go head to head with intel?
104 months ago
Remember: Moore's law technically applies to transistor counts; not speed. Just being a specific nitpicker.
104 months ago
i dont care whoever makes the chips as long as they make my baby run
yeah really. IBM's commitment to Apple is only five years. who knows what will happen after that. don't be so quick to dismiss intel.
104 months ago
Now this is interesting. Apple really was prepared to make the jump to x86 until IBM reeled them back in.
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