[Info-vax] OT: About proprietary chips

[John Smith (not the one @ HP)]

"Bob Koehler" <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote in message 
news:3aTfNxb2i3ak at eisner.encompasserve.org...
> In article <000fa71b$0$2269$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei 
> <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>
>> Alpha failed because it didn't reach sufficient numbers. IA64 certaintly
>> hasn't become commodity and/or high volume. Will be interesting to see
>> if Apple will be able to get large enough numbers to make its A4 chip
>> viable.
>
>   So where can we get specs and architecture descriptions of this new
>   chip?
>

It's not like Apple doesn't have a history of custom chip development & use. 
I want Apple to rename the chip to SWIM II - Super Wozniak Integrated 
Machine  in honor of the 'Woz'.