1/11 Anyone knows what happens to Apple's chipset design team
now that the Intel Macs are official?
\_ Who says Apple still wouldn't be using their own chipsets for
Intel chips? And wouldn't it be likely that the x86 version of
Mac OS X would require, say, an Apple chipset to prevent it from
running on non-Apple hardware?
\_ It would sound like a great waste of efficiency if Apple
plans to use its own instead of Intel. Just as with the case
of CPUs, Intel can achieve better economies of scale in
motherboard chipsets than about anyone and always stay on
top in price/performance. As for Apple specific mods, I'd be
surprised if Intel wouldn't be willing to accommodate them.
\_ Just looking at Asus' line of motherboards, I see motherboards
with chipsets by VIA, SIS, Nvidia, ATI, and ULI (oh, and
Intel). I wouldn't be surprised if Apple makes enough x86
motherboards to find it worthwhile to use a custom chipset
(whether they design it themselves or pay someone else to
do it).
\_ I've been told some of them are doing other things, others are not |
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