[Ti] Prediction has come true [OT]

[Dennis Fazio]

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.

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Dennis Fazio