Apple Contracting For Multimedia Chips?

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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.

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

The Rebirth Of Apple As A Multimedia
Company

The Rebirth Of Apple As A Multimedia
Company 05/03/2004 12:29 PM
Apple is on the cusp of an important decision that either will take it to a position of dominance or will doom it to the declining niche of companies that could have been contenders. The iPod has shown the way, and my bet is Apple will eventually follow. By Rob Enderle, TechNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

Can’t Beat Apple’s Multimedia
Suite

Can’t Beat Apple’s Multimedia
Suite 06/17/2004 01:07 PM
In the Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg reviews Easy Media Creator 7 by Roxio, “Overall, I found Media Creator to be significantly inferior to the Apple [iLife] suite. It’s harder to use, less consistent in the way it works, less well integrated, and it fails to display the same delicate balance between power and simplicity that is the real strength of the Apple software.” [Jun 17]

Other News: Apple Multimedia Chip

Other News: Apple Multimedia Chip 04/07/2005 12:39 PM
Hmmmm... what's Apple doing with a group of multimedia chip designers?

Apple Shows New Office, Multimedia Apps

Apple Shows New Office, Multimedia Apps 01/06/2004 02:26 PM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off Macworld Expo on Tuesday by announcing several new software packages, including an audio recording application called "GarageBand" and an updated version of Microsoft's Office software. By John Borland and Ina Fried (CNET News.com via MyAppleMenu)

Apple shows new Office, multimedia apps

Apple shows new Office, multimedia apps 01/06/2004 01:13 PM
Steve Jobs previews a new line of Apple software, including Microsoft's Office 2004, at Macworld Expo.

HP y Apple se unen para las aplicaciones
multimedia en Windows

HP y Apple se unen para las aplicaciones
multimedia en Windows 01/10/2004 07:16 AM

Apple Dual Chip G5's Pack Multimedia
Power

Apple Dual Chip G5's Pack Multimedia
Power 11/18/2003 04:28 PM
Apple targets audio and video editors with the latest G5.

How your open source company can begin
government contracting

How your open source company can begin
government contracting 06/09/2004 07:25 AM
It used to be that governmental agencies enamored of the status quo -- and that's pretty much the whole government -- were not interested in open source solutions to their IT problems. Like the rest of the IT industry, though, government is now looking to open source to make its resources go further. Unlike the rest of the industry, and atypical for government, federal and state agencies are embracing open source ideas and ideals.

Apple Chipset Bombshell: Super
Multimedia Chip Licensed for Unknown
Device

Apple Chipset Bombshell: Super
Multimedia Chip Licensed for Unknown
Device 04/06/2005 11:31 AM

Prepare for speculation a-go-go: Apple just licensed a chipset that is capable of not only music and video, but 3D graphics and image capturing with resolutions up to 8-megapixel. Silicon Valley Watcher is reporting that Apple has contracted to use a chipset from UK company Alphamosaic. And not only is the chipset powerful, it can be integrated with chips from Alphamosaic's parent company Broadcom to provide wireless communication, from cell phones to Bluetooth to Wi-Fi.

Now as much fun as it is to wonder if Apple is making a video/gaming/cellphone/camera/music device, you also have to realize that Apple often doesn't exploit the full power of the chipsets it licenses (the chipset that powers modern iPods is capable of video, for instance). So while Apple could be designing the ultimate convergence device (or Newton II), they could also just be adding video or 3D menus to the new generation of iPod. What we do know is we won't see a product using this hardware until at least next year, so we've got lots of time to wonder.

Who knew that the April Fool's gPod hoax [pictured] would be so quickly probable?

Scoop! Brit chip designers score coup as Apple picks chips for next gen mobile multimedia device...the m-Pod? [SiliconValleyWatcher]

IDrive Multimedia - First Internet
HardDrive with MultiMedia Features, A
virtual iPod?

IDrive Multimedia - First Internet
HardDrive with MultiMedia Features, A
virtual iPod? 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
IBackup (http://www.ibackup.com), a leading online storage and backup service provider, has announced release of IDrive MultiMedia, the first Internet HardDrive Technology that is designed for MultiMedia use. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2005]

The silicon.com Skills Survey 2004:
Contracting is back in fashion

The silicon.com Skills Survey 2004:
Contracting is back in fashion 04/28/2004 01:07 PM
ZDNet Apr 28 2004 5:09PM GMT

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.

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 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

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?

News source: News.com

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Apple G5 chips 'in short supply'

Apple G5 chips 'in short supply' 08/18/2004 12:47 PM
ZDNet UK Aug 18 2004 5:42PM GMT

ATI’s Multimedia Center 8.8 – The Home
Multimedia Server

ATI’s Multimedia Center 8.8 – The Home
Multimedia Server 12/16/2003 04:12 PM

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

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
(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.

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

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

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.

Slaying the Leather-Winged Demons in the
Night: Reforming Copyright Owner
Contracting with Clickwrap Misuse.

Slaying the Leather-Winged Demons in the
Night: Reforming Copyright Owner
Contracting with Clickwrap Misuse. 08/27/2004 01:49 PM
Lydia Pallas Loren: Slaying the Leather-Winged Demons in the Night: Reforming Copyright Owner Contracting with Clickwrap Misuse. Legal papers are even more dry than scientific ones, but now I know the name for the sinking feeling I get from the SCSL: "copyright misuse".

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.

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 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]

Fix Web Multimedia

Fix Web Multimedia 06/24/2004 04:40 PM

Lucas Gonze:

What I am thinking is that we need a tech social movement to fix web multimedia by insisting that web standards be followed. REST was such a movement in the protocol space. The Zeldman-inspired movement to use structural HTML and CSS only did the same thing with design. This would be a direct analog for multimedia. Use real URLs that are not hidden behind javascript. Use correct mime types -- no making them up because you don't have time to look up the answer. Use standard data formats -- no proprietary types. Use correctly formatted playlists -- if you have a ram playlist, the extension must be .ram rather than .rm.

Well said. Creative Commons likes multimedia and believes in building on standards. The web will benefit from this movement. Those interested in building a commons will benefit in particular. Trivial example: It can be a big pain to share and reuse content mediated by a maze of javascript. If you want your content to be shared and built upon, do license it, then follow Gonze's advice. One way to do this is to take advantage of the Internet Archive's ability to host Creative Commons licensed audio and video content.

Multimedia 404

Multimedia 404 08/15/2002 01:31 AM
Dog days of summer diversion: "2 year course on "multimedia computing and web development"....course number "404"

ATI Multimedia Center 8.9

ATI Multimedia Center 8.9 02/12/2004 04:57 PM

Diskless multimedia box

Diskless multimedia box 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
So, this is my geeky project. The one I spend my spare time on. Not that I have much. Spare...

Linux Multimedia Box 0.5

Linux Multimedia Box 0.5 12/30/2004 02:28 PM
A GUI application for multimedia devices.

ACM Multimedia 2004

ACM Multimedia 2004 01/22/2004 02:25 AM
NetLib Jan 20 2004 8:01AM GMT

Multimedia is key to PDA future

Multimedia is key to PDA future 05/10/2004 01:26 AM
Boston Globe May 10 2004 5:04AM GMT
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