Apple PowerPC G4 chip deal
p2pnet.net News:- In a CYA deal, Apple has signed a new contract with Freescale Semiconductor which makes the PowerPC G4 chip used in Apple notebook computers and lower-end desktop models such as the Mac Mini.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling wouldn’t explain the agreement, “But he said the company has not changed its plans to start delivering Intel-based Macs by ‘this time’ next year or its schedule to complete the transition to Intel processors by the end of 2007,” says The Street.
“Under terms of the new deal, Apple has the right to buy – and Freescale has the obligation to supply – PowerPC chips through the end of 2008.
“That’s a full year after the date when the company plans to move its entire line of Macintosh computers from PowerPC to Intel processors.”
Dated August 22, the contract, calls for Freescale to fill any orders Apple places over the next three years, says MarketWatch.
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See:-
The Street – Apple Guards Chip Stash, August 26, 2005
MarketWatch – Apple, Freescale sign chip deal, August 26, 2005
August 29th, 2005 at 2:07 pm
Oh wow, so when I buy my next powerbook, it will still be a G4 then? Good, I wouldn’t want to, you know, use a chip that wasn’t half a decade old you know.
/I own two powerbooks, so you mac zealots can please not bother.
//yes, very bitter
///make with the new chips, Jobs.