“Apple Inc. will form a closer bond with once-rival Intel Corp. early next year when it begins building a new breed of ultra-mobile processors from the chipmaker into a fresh generation of handheld devices,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider.
“People familiar with the matter tell AppleInsider that Apple will soon emerge as one of the largest supporters of Intel’s “Menlow” Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform,” Jade reports.
“More specifically, those same people say, Apple has taken a liking to the upcoming 45-nanometer (nm) “Silverthorne” chip, agreeing to use it in not one but multiple products currently situated on its 2008 calendar year product roadmap,” Jade reports.
“Silverthorne is aimed specifically at cell phones, ultra-mobile PCs and other MIDs. The chip is expected to be as fast as the second-generation of Pentium M processors, but use only between half a watt and 2 watts of electrical power — about one tenth as much as a typical notebook chip,” Jade reports.
“Two seemingly apparent contenders appear to be the second-generation 3G iPhone and the much rumored Newton successor / ultra-portable slate computer,” Jade reports.
Much more in the full article here.
My idea of the “Newton” would be like the PADDs (Personal Access Display Devices) they had on the Star Trek series.
Those would be really cool.
When Paul Otellini came on stage in a bunny suit at MacWorld a couple years ago, many people said he was making a fool of himself. Well, I think Mr. Otellini saw the writing on the wall for Dell, Windows, and the other parts of the evil empire and decided it was time to cozy up to future, i.e., Steve Jobs and Apple.
Looks like Mr. Otellini hooked his Intel rig up to the right horse I’d say.
Wow, the OrigamiMac
“However, the truth behind my nick is not nearly as interesting as your explanation”
Let me guess, its an acronym for A Monkey Posting Asinine Retorts.
“The switch was another Apple master stroke.”
Getting to a Windows capable platform without losing the faithful was the first master stroke. Creating a system where Windows and Mac OS X share a Mac equally was the second. All the pieces are now in place for master stroke 3. The upcoming preloaded Vista option is really going to hit the turbo button for Apple.
I find asinine retorts to be very entertaining – when I can understand them.
“The upcoming preloaded Vista option . . .”
But early tests failed. The Mac kept throwing up on itself.
> “How long will it be before Apple gets hit with a suit over the software/hardware lock-in?”
Gee, my DVD player and microwave oven also have “software/hardware lock-in” too. Can I sue…?