Apple G5 chips 'in short supply'

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Intel short on 3.6GHz chips

Intel short on 3.6GHz chips 07/29/2004 06:47 PM
The chipmaker confirms that its flagship desktop processor, the 3.6GHz Pentium 4 560, is in very short supply.

Bad winter 'threatens gas supply'

Bad winter 'threatens gas supply' 06/23/2004 08:52 PM
Gas supplies in the UK have little spare capacity and could be threatened if there was an extreme winter, peers warn.

Apple iPod In Short Supply For Christmas

Apple iPod In Short Supply For Christmas 12/12/2003 08:56 PM
Hoping to get an Apple iPod for Christmas? You could be out of luck. Apple Computer's digital music player is in short supply in many markets, including the US and UK. By Paul Taylor (Financial Times via MyAppleMenu)

Apple *is* switching to Intel chips

Apple *is* switching to Intel chips 06/17/2005 03:29 PM

The WWDC keynote just ended (notes here and here) and the news is pretty big in Apple land: Apple is switching to Intel chips (press release). A few notes:

• As speculated here and on Slashdot, Intel will not be making PowerPC chips for Apple.
• Intel will be making x486 chips for Apple.
• For the last 5 years, every copy of OS X has been compiled on both PowerPC and Intel platforms. This apparently is the long-rumored Marklar project.
• Jobs says developing apps to run on Intel Macs is easy...there's a checkbox in the developer tools that "makes a cross-platform single binary". Demo of Mathematica running on an Intel Mac from a guy from Wolfram...it only took them two days [some sources are now saying two hours, not days] to port it to Intel.
• Running PowerPC-compiled programs on an Intel Mac will be handled through emulation. Gold star to John Gruber for guessing this one.

I'm sure there's more, but those are the important bits. And I know this is Steve Jobs talking to us here, but from where I'm sitting (across the country, reading paraphrase transcripts), the transition has been well prepared for by Apple for a number of years and looks like it will happen a lot more smoothly than all the over-the-weekend hand-wringing indicated that it would.

Update: Dave Winer is reporting that:

1. Apple is not going into the software business, their operating system will not run on other vendor's hardware. So you won't be running the Mac OS on Dell, HP or IBM, for example. and 2. While Windows is not explicitly supported, they won't do anything to prevent Windows from running on their hardware.

Update #2: From news.com:

After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that." However, Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac," he said.

Apple to switch to Intel chips!

Apple to switch to Intel chips! 06/06/2005 12:13 AM
Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors. Apple has been using PowerPC chips to power their Macintosh line of computers since 1994. But according to CNET, Apple is scheduled to announce this Monday at their Worldwide Developer's Conference their intention to make the switch.

Those who remember the migration from the 68k series chips back in the early 90s may recall that it took some doing. To run at optimal speeds, software has to be recompiled to the native chipset. Migrating to a totally different platform such as PowerPC to Intel will be a significant upheaval.

When Apple announced their move to IBM's next-generation PowerPC chipsets (now in the G5) some pundits have long made the argument that Apple can't ship enough computers to remain competitive on both price and performance with computers powered by Intel-compatible CPUs. Simply put, economies of scale were working against Apple in the long-run.

According to a CNET source, what may have spurred the change was just that -- IBM's concerns about making a low-volume chip that competes with x86's in performance in the same price-range. The question is, can the Mac survive a transition from the PowerPC to Intel-based CPUs with the corresponding software compatibility/optimization issues?

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Report: Apple G5 chips scarce

Report: Apple G5 chips scarce 08/18/2004 02:31 PM
Firm may be facing greater difficulties than previously thought in getting hold of chips to power its high-end PCs.

Apple Contracting For Multimedia Chips?

Apple Contracting For Multimedia Chips? 04/06/2005 12:29 PM
In an unconfirmed report published at SiliconValleyWatcher.com, Apple has contracted to use a new multimedia chip from Broadcom, who aquired Cambridge...

Apple Considering a Switch to Intel
Chips

Apple Considering a Switch to Intel
Chips 06/05/2005 11:35 PM
New York Times Jun 5 2005 3:26PM GMT

Reports: Apple to switch to Intel chips

Reports: Apple to switch to Intel chips 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
MacWorld Jun 6 2005 2:52AM GMT

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips
(AP)

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips
(AP) 06/05/2005 10:59 PM
AP - A stormy, decade-long relationship between Apple Computer Inc. and IBM is over, according to published reports. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to announce Monday morning at the company's software developers conference in San Francisco that Apple will discontinue using microprocessor chips made by IBM in favor of Intel chips, according to CNET Networks Inc.'s News.com and The Wall Street Journal.

Apple to Switch to Intel Chips Starting
in '06?

Apple to Switch to Intel Chips Starting
in '06? 06/05/2005 10:58 PM
Apple Computer plans to announce that it will switch to using Intel Corp's microprocessors and phase out its current chip supplier, IBM, News.com reported.

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips

Report: Apple Switching to Intel Chips 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
AP via San Francisco Chronicle Jun 6 2005 3:18AM GMT

Apple to switch to Intel chips: WSJ
(Reuters)

Apple to switch to Intel chips: WSJ
(Reuters) 06/05/2005 10:59 PM
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it will begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel Corp. chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Apple Plans to Switch From I.B.M. to
Intel for Chips

Apple Plans to Switch From I.B.M. to
Intel for Chips 06/05/2005 10:45 PM
The move is a chesslike gambit in a turf war that pits the personal computer industry against an emerging world of consumer electronics focused on the digital home.

Apple To Ditch IBM, Switch To Intel
Chips

Apple To Ditch IBM, Switch To Intel
Chips 06/05/2005 10:47 PM

Apple plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors, CNET News.com has learned. By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com

News: Reports: Apple to switch to Intel
chips

News: Reports: Apple to switch to Intel
chips 06/05/2005 10:58 PM
Apple will announce Monday that it intends to transition to Intel’s architecture over the next few years, according to reports.

Apple expected to announce shift to
Intel chips

Apple expected to announce shift to
Intel chips 06/06/2005 12:04 AM
Apple Computer Inc. will announce Monday that it intends to transition its computers to Intel Corp.'s architecture over the next few years, according to several published reports.

Apple picks chips for next gen mobile
multimedia device

Apple picks chips for next gen mobile
multimedia device 04/06/2005 12:34 PM
Apple Computer has contracted to use the powerful video, image, and music chips designed by Alphamosaic of Cambridge, UK, in a future multimedia mobile device. A report in the Silicon Valley Watcher says the British company was acquired by Broadcom last year. According to the report, the branding for the Apple multimedia product is not yet known. The public specifications describing the Alphamosaic chips indicate Apple could use it to build a family of mobile hand-held digital devices equipped with wireless communications more advanced than its current iPod family. Broadcom's 54g technology is already used by Apple for its wireless products.

Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel
chips | CNET News.com

Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel
chips | CNET News.com 06/05/2005 11:29 PM
Apple To Ditch IBM, Switch To Intel Chips .. Montag bekannt geben .. buzz is out there

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Apple to announce shift to Intel chips
Monday: WSJ (Reuters)

Apple to announce shift to Intel chips
Monday: WSJ (Reuters) 06/05/2005 10:59 PM
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it will begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel Corp. chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation.

“What the Apple Plan To Switch to
Intel Chips Means for Consumers”

“What the Apple Plan To Switch to
Intel Chips Means for Consumers” 06/17/2005 04:52 PM
“What makes a Mac a Mac isn’t the processor under the hood,” writes Walt Mossberg for the Wall Street Journal. “It’s Apple’s elegant operating system, [Mac] OS X, which won’t see major changes for 18 months, and the company’s stylish hardware designs, which it will continue to produce. When you peer at the screen of the first Intel-based Mac, it will look just like today’s PowerPC Macs, only it should run faster.” [Jun 09, 2005]

Scoop! Brit Chip Designers Score Coup As
Apple Picks Chips For Next Gen Mobile
Multimedia Device... The m-Pod?

Scoop! Brit Chip Designers Score Coup As
Apple Picks Chips For Next Gen Mobile
Multimedia Device... The m-Pod? 04/07/2005 02:47 AM

Apple has contracted to use the powerful video, image, and music chips designed by Alphamosaic, in Cambridge, UK, in a future multimedia mobile device. By Tom Foremski, SiliconValleyWatcher

Short Men with Short Dreams

Short Men with Short Dreams 03/14/2005 05:39 PM
This will just be a quickie. New iPod photos and iPod minis were released today. Cheaper, bigger, whatever. The thing...

There's a Short for everyone here.

There's a Short for everyone here. 08/11/2004 10:26 AM
Char ade has never looked so good.
"Somebody told me the French made it up hundreds of years ago, but I always thought my dad invented it just for me." (And other cool shorts.)

In short...

In short... 08/04/2004 06:48 PM
Letters from the Presidents.

Short Takes

Short Takes 07/28/2004 01:05 AM
Computerworld Singapore Jul 28 2004 5:51AM GMT

PCs Are Falling Short

PCs Are Falling Short 07/09/2004 06:22 AM
Fortune Jul 9 2004 10:50AM GMT

Here's the short version:

Here's the short version: 07/19/2004 11:34 PM
Hijinks ensue .. Las Vegas Sun

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A Short Goodby

A Short Goodby 09/27/2004 11:03 AM
A short goodby. A memo received by a blogger/journalist. Is this in any way typical? Can we find out who or what it concerns?

Short Animation

Short Animation 04/10/2005 12:45 PM
Pixar has the name recognition, but plenty of other folks do some mighty fine animation. Thanks to Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt the Animation Show aims to bring them to your town. A celebratory selection of shorts inside.

A Short Letter to Dan Rather

A Short Letter to Dan Rather 02/01/2005 08:39 PM
"So I kind of resent your attitude toward your numerous critics who operate their own self-published sites on the Web. They were being more accurate than you were, much of the time. I don't speak for them, but I know my own archive." Plus: Lose the spokeswoman, Dan. Hire a blogger.

short introduction

short introduction 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
Chilling ride through the Chernobyl "Dead Zone" .. She photo-blogs the journey here .. amateur photographer's bike trip .. Biker Chick does Chernobyl .. short introduction .. tour of Chernobyl .. Cool travelogue .. Elena

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Bobby Short

Bobby Short 03/22/2005 04:37 PM
R.I.P. Bobby Short. One of the finest cabaret singers of all time, and a Manhattan fixture at the Carlyle Hotel since 1968, Short died of leukemia yesterday. He was 80. Li sten to an NPR tribute. Time Magazine once said of him, "In an increasingly inelegant world, Bobby Short is the very symbol of elegance." Thankfully, many of his best recordings are available on CD. (Requisite Wikipedia entry.)

i have a short webl0g

i have a short webl0g 01/07/2004 05:34 PM
sippey's taken some cool-looking pictures of a couple of weblogs, including mine

This Sport Comes Up Short

This Sport Comes Up Short 08/27/2004 01:40 PM
Sports Authority's partial reports can't hide dismal numbers.

"short introduction"

"short introduction" 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

Cutting it short

Cutting it short 01/02/2005 04:23 PM

I have a family crisis in Japan and need to return to Japan immediately. Apologies to people who I had been planning to meet this trip in San Francisco. I'll be back soon.

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Short And Sweet

Short And Sweet 06/08/2004 01:28 AM
Judging by the changes documented in the release notes, this update closes all the UPI/Launch Services-related vulnerabilities that have been publicized in the last month. By John Gruber (via MyAppleMenu)

The Short Story

The Short Story 01/22/2004 03:11 AM
Should you try to profit when stocks fall?
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