A lot of questions come to mind, where does this leave the Apple-Intel alliance? what product could this low-POWER go into?Apple has acquired a fabless semiconductor company, PA Semi, according to a report at Forbes.com.
PA Semi designs energy efficient processors based on the Power architecture that Apple used in its Macintosh computers for many years before adopting Intel's x86 chips.
Part of the reason behind the Intel-switch is performance per watt, with this POWER could Apple switch away from Intel to further differentiate itself from the rest of the Wintel machines? Probably not, Apple seen its market share nearly double since the Intel-switch, partly due to its ability to run Windows, for those of us who can't let go.
If anything this processor will go into what could be Apple's answer to the ultra portable laptop market (think Eee PC), but I'm only hoping, this processor is after all intended for embedded applications, so it will have better chances to go into Apple TV and Time Capsule, than an Eee PC competitor.
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