[Ti] Prediction has come true [OT]

[Fred]

> From: Dennis Fazio <dfz at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ti] Prediction has come true [OT]
> On May 21, 2007, at Mon, May 21 2007, 12:42 pm, John Griffin wrote:
> 
>> Well folks, the Intel - IBM debate has just been updated. As many
>> here predicted years ago, IBM has just released a RISC chip that is
>> capable of running rings around anything that Intel could even
>> dream of designing - let alone manufacture.
> 
> You are implying that Apple made its Intel switch decision based on
> raw performance of the processors. That was not the case.
> 
> Since everyone has access to the same technology and the same state
> of the art knowledge of circuit design and processor architecture,
> you can be sure that there will never be a significant raw
> performance advantage of one microprocessor over another.
> 
> This is a great server chip, but can IBM or would IBM also produce
> workstation versions and low-power laptop versions with sufficient
> yields and in sufficient quantities and at a competitive price to be
> used in a full Mac product line?
> 
> Can all of the mainstream software be compiled and optimized with
> trivial effort to perform as well as or better than on any other
> popular processor architecture.
> 
> I believe the answer to both of those questions would be no. That is
> why Apple switched.
> 
> IBM's focus is on embedded processors and high-powered servers, not
> workstations and laptops.


Thank you Dennis. Well put.  I agree completely.