On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:29 AM, PeterH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 2:01 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > >> Motorola is pretty much out of the picture for CPUs and IBM? Haven't >> heard of them making CPUs since the G5 passed on. > > Motorola's CPUs are now made by its spin-off, Freescale.
But for consumer CPUs I hear nothing . I see no powerful desktops brandishing Motorola stickers. > > IBM is still among the largest semi houses in the world, although a > lot of it is "captive". > Embedded industrial drones I presume. > The PowerPC platform is still very much active, although not in Macs. > > Billions of PPC chips, some of these being highly integrated, exist > in everything from automobiles to appliances. Embedded Industrial drones. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
