WhenApple purchasedchip manufacturer P.A. Semi , the Department of Defense was worried . Why ? P.A. Semi manufactures scrap for ten different military system , and has $ 100 million in deals with the DoD over the next four twelvemonth . And the DoDnever expectedApple to keep supporting the scented , virulent chips .
https://gizmodo.com/apple-buys-itself-a-little-chip-company-known-for-super-382929
But they were wrong .
According to The Register , while Apple does not plan to continue modifying / improving P.A. Semi ’s PowerPC - based central processing unit architecture , Apple has employed a act of oldtimer P.A. Semi staff members just for the project of append the current chip for years to add up .
To us , it seems pretty ordered , as if Apple is only honoring the existing contracts / promises of P.A. Semi . Then again , it ’s just such a foreign move from such a painstakingly marketed company — Apple and the military certainly make for foreign bedfellows . More on this point from The Register :
While the information is limited at this point , we conceive the military interest in PA Semi ’s low - power chip may have impel Apple ’s hired hand here . Uncle Sam hat to plan fresh missile only to have the sand ripped out by some dude in a mock turtleneck .
Think deadly ? [ The RegisterviaValleywag ]
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