Filed under: Apple Corporate, Odds and ends
Apple plans to support the PA Semi chips for the military
A while back we noted that Apple had acquired the chip maker PA Semi, apparently to get its hands on the chip company's power efficient technology. Just after the deal was announced, however, there were some worries that the government might not let it go through because PA Semi's chips are used in a variety of military applications and Apple did not seem interested in keeping the actual chip fabrication going.Now the Register reports that Apple is going to keep supporting chips (though it won't be introducing any new ones). I wonder if they'll include those free Apple stickers to put on the missiles?
[via MacNN]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jim said 11:44AM on 5-18-2008
And the conspiracy theory would be that Apple did this as part of an Intel deal to get the military to take another look at Intel as an option.
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John said 12:55PM on 5-18-2008
The apple sticker comment was priceless.
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Rick said 1:48PM on 5-18-2008
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hahahaha..
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Ben said 2:19PM on 5-18-2008
iCBM?
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DJCarbon43 said 8:41PM on 5-18-2008
Ohhh Nice! ^_^ I had to read it twice before I got it...between you and rick I'm crackin up.
Back on topic, I'm kind of surprised Apple didnt spin off the division that worked on mil-spec stuff, though I suppose the company was so small that they didnt have different sections for that.
Given Steve Jobs buddhist beliefs, Im predicting that they will end the military relationship sooner, rather than later... that and the griefers who are gonna start accusing apple of militance or some rubbish....
my two cents ^_^