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ARM backs Linux server chip start-up

Texas-based start-up Smooth-Stone has raised £31m to build and sell ARM-based server processors that offer low power consumption Read more

16 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Amiga lives: AmigaOne X1000 PC hits beta

...binaries. In this case, the unusual chippery includes a 1.8 GHz PA Semi PA6T-1682M main processor (yes, made by Apple) and a Xena... Read more

8 August, 2011

US judge views Apple and IBM as chip rivals

...official duties at Apple, and he won't be running Apple's PA Semi chip-design team. Judge Karas agreed that, since Apple's server... Read more

26 November, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Apple now world no 3 smartphone maker to make own chips for iPhone

When Apple bought PA semi last year the usual rumour mills cranked up with expectation that... Read more

6 November, 2008

Apple's war games

Apple's acquisition of PA Semi, makers of low-power, high-performance Power-PC compatible processors, has... Read more

30 April, 2008

Apple confirms chipmaker Intrinsity buy

...is the second chipmaker purchased by Apple in two years starting with PA Semi, which it bought for $278m. It is also the fourth acquisition... Read more

28 April, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Apple may be readying mid-size 'iPad'

...be the first Apple product to surface with a chip designed by PA Semi. A custom chip could solve two problems for Apple — the need... Read more

30 April, 2009 by Tom Krazit

Apple gets stake in UK mobile-graphics chip designer

...probably sit alongside the ARM-based processor core designs that the former PA Semi team is believed to be developing for future iPhones. Imagination has... Read more

19 December, 2008 by Tom Krazit
Apple snaps up top IBM chip and blade-server exec

Apple snaps up top IBM chip and blade-server exec

Mark Papermaster has agreed to join Apple as a high-ranking executive, but former employer IBM is suing to fight the move Read more

31 October, 2008 by Tom Krazit

ARM Cortex-based netbooks due soon

...itself is strongly rumoured to have an ARM licence, and recently acquired PA Semi, a chip-design company with extensive experience of designing with that... Read more

23 October, 2008 by David Meyer

Why the iPhone is so valuable to Apple

It's not just buzz that is generated by the iPhone: it produces quite a bit of cash as well. Just under 40 percent of Apple's revenue can now be attributed to the device Read more

22 October, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Apple may spurn Intel for next-gen MacBook

...the day. Apple recently acquired a large number of chip designers from PA Semi, but Steve Jobs has said they are working on future chips... Read more

29 July, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Apple vs Microsoft - the chips are down

...s now giving out a bit more information about its purchase of PA Semi, the processor design company it bought recently amid speculation that it... Read more

11 June, 2008

Apple buys processor company, opens whole new world of speculation

...with a different OS, Steve Jobs nipped out the back and bought PA Semi. Which is a small CPU company, led by the bloke who... Read more

23 April, 2008

Clock frequency race hots up

Forthcoming show will reveal faster IBM Power6 and Cell chips, plus a 4GHz, 80-core prototype from Intel Read more

2 January, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

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