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Apple iPad would have used Atom processor but Intel was too slow, inflexible

article published on 26 October, 2011

According to the Steve Jobs biography the Apple iPad was initially slated to run on an Intel Atom processor before execs convinced the former CEO that ARM SoC would work better. Jobs and Jonathan Ive, the VP of Industrial Design at Apple and one of Job's best friends, began development on the tablet in 2004, filing for patent applications and creating sketches of the multi-touch-based ... [ read the full article ]

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xnonsuchx
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_ 		26. October 2011 @ 23:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Same reason they switched to Intel...IBM wasn't willing to put enough effort into advancing the PowerPC for their liking.
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_ 		27. October 2011 @ 01:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Intel graphics do SUCK...they are almost as bad as an iPad or a Mac or something.
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leglessoz
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_ 		29. October 2011 @ 10:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
He said "Intel was too inflexible"? This from the company who leads the world in being rigid about everything. Must use iTunes to do this or that. Can't have people fiddling with their devices either. It's Apple's way of the highway.
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