Techtree News Staff, Apr 25, 2008 1150 hrs IST
There seem several possibilities: one, putting chips inside of the iPhone; two, toying with the idea of a gaming console or a mobile Internet device.
Apple Computer has acquired P A Semi, a two-and-a-half-year-old company that designs low-power chips for embedded devices based on IBM's Power instruction set.
Ever since, there have been stories doing the rounds as to what an Apple might have to do with a P A Semi. There seem several possibilities: one, putting chips inside of the iPhone; two, toying with the idea of a gaming console or a mobile Internet device; three, looking at the server market; else, working on some new type of handheld computer.
Forbes quoted an Apple spokesman named Steve Dowling as saying that the company doesn't comment on its plans for acquired companies (well we think the company doesn't comment on plans for much else anything). Meanwhile, P A Semi, founded in 2003 by lead designer of the DEC Alpha series of processors, Don Dobberpuhl, is based out of Santa Clara in California and employs about 150 people. Interestingly, P A Semi's chips are based on IBM's power architecture that Apple chucked out of the window in 2005. Apple Macs now run Intel chips.
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