Re: Will we all be using GrandView?

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Posted by daly_de_gagne
2005-06-06 08:43:18

Stephen, you’re right about Transitive; I just found a news report that makes the direct connection. Here is part of that report from the BBC on Apple switching to Intel:

“In its story, CNet said that by 2007 almost all Apple computers could be running Intel chips.

“Apple’s move to Intel is thought to have come about because of IBM’s reluctance to expand the number and range of PowerPC chips it makes.

“IBM has the contract to PowerPC chips for Microsoft’s imminent Xbox 360 console, Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation 3 game machine and Nintendo’s future game-playing machine.

“As a result the cash it gets from making chips for Apple has become a very small slice of its revenue.

“Because of the sheer volume of chips that Intel makes the move could mean that Apple computers become significantly cheaper.

“Technology transfer

“But the move is not without its obstacles.

“To begin with it will mean that the core software, the operating system, for Apple computers will have to be re-written.

“This will be easier for the latest version of the operating system, known as OS X, as it is based on software that already runs in Intel chips.

“Technology news site The Register also reports that Apple has licensed technology from a company called Transitive which makes software that makes it easier to port programs on to different chip architectures.

“Apple’s WorldWide Developers Conference opens on 6 June and in his keynote speech Apple boss Steve Jobs is expected to make the announcement about the tie-up with Intel.”

Daly

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