The apple is purchased the manufacturer PA Semi of the chip design
Forbes website reveal, the apple has been purchased one has had no mode of factory (fabless) Semi-conductive company PA Semi. Though the apple has not revealed the financial clause of the trade, websites quote personage in the know to report, the apple has been paid to PA Semi cash of 278 million dollars.
PA Semi Company located in holy tower Clara of California was established in 2003, there were 150 staff at present, this company designs the processor based on energy benefit, in front of adopting X86 chip of Intel, Macintosh computer of the apple has been adopting the processor that PA Semi is being designed all the time for many years.
PA Semi has permitted the energy command system of IBM, so the software of this kind of chip is compatible with PowerPC chip that the apple uses. This trade of the apple may be an unfavorable news to Intel. Before this, Intel has been advising apples to adopt the processor of Intel in its iPhone cell-phone actively all the time, the low power consumption that is especially put out newly " The atom " Processor.
PA Semi released the binuclear PWRficien chip last year, on the premise of consuming same energy, improved by three to four times than the characteristic of the existing chip. PA Semi claims its processor can be used in the embedded sysstem such as network, storage device or telecommunication infrastructure.
Apple (Europe) Represent by report for media No comment.