[Info-vax] OT: About proprietary chips

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <xQD8n.16385$p66.12081 at newsfe09.iad>,
	"John Smith \(not the one @ HP\)" <a at nonymous.com> writes:
> 
> "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'. 
 
Hey, he won the "Just when I forgot my Soldering Iron" honors one month.
What coould possibly top that?

bill

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