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1/26/06 3:35:12 PM

Your sources are dreaming

and need to do some real research.

I don't know of any Intel chips that are currently used in the iPod. First, this doesn't make sense: the only thing Intel currently makes that might be used in an iPod is the Xscale processor, which is frankly overkill. No surprise, iPods don't use XScale, and probably never will.

Second, tear down analysis shows no sign of any Intel chips:

[link|http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172303152|http://www.eetimes.c...ticleID=172303152]
[link|http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171100335|http://www.eetimes.c...ticleID=171100335]
[link|http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/technology/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171100127|http://www.eetimes.c...ticleID=171100127]
[link|http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60403270|http://www.eetimes.c...rticleID=60403270]

The only chips likely to go into future iPods are flash memory from the joint Micron/Intel deal (which Apple prepaid something like $1.25 billion), and there's no reason for Apple to use Intel x86 processors just to get (currently non-existent) Intel NAND flash, which Samsung and Toshiba are quite happy to supply.

--Tony

New beret will have Intel inside - (rcareaga) - (26) - Jan. 21, 2006, 08:53:21 PM EST

Whew! You're brave. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 21, 2006, 09:03:32 PM EST

Not so brave as all that - (rcareaga) - Jan. 21, 2006, 09:57:48 PM EST

Should be fast enough - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 21, 2006, 10:45:29 PM EST

Sweet. Enjoy! -NT - (Meerkat) - Jan. 22, 2006, 12:24:17 AM EST

Set your expectations to, at best, G5 + 20 percent.. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Jan. 22, 2006, 08:22:10 PM EST

Wonder how multithreaded code performs - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 22, 2006, 08:36:21 PM EST

expectations are a moving target - (rcareaga) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2006, 09:01:15 PM EST

Easy for you to say. - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 23, 2006, 10:19:09 PM EST

Yeah... - (pwhysall) - Jan. 24, 2006, 01:15:35 AM EST

short rations indeed - (cforde) - (2) - Jan. 22, 2006, 11:05:41 PM EST

shorter than you think - (rcareaga) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2006, 09:25:31 PM EST

ouch! I really need an upgrade myself - (boxley) - Jan. 23, 2006, 10:00:33 PM EST

Ouch! - (admin) - (11) - Jan. 24, 2006, 08:54:50 PM EST

The number of "show stoppers" is disgusting! - (a6l6e6x) - (7) - Jan. 25, 2006, 09:11:43 PM EST

Shame on Apple too. - (admin) - (6) - Jan. 25, 2006, 09:18:56 PM EST

AMD has issues too - (SpiceWare) - (5) - Jan. 25, 2006, 09:55:30 PM EST

Over what period of time? - (admin) - (4) - Jan. 25, 2006, 10:03:19 PM EST

In laptops? - (Another Scott) - (3) - Jan. 25, 2006, 10:08:51 PM EST

True, I was thinking more of the desktops. -NT - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2006, 10:11:17 PM EST

The way I've heard it... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2006, 12:27:59 PM EST

Your sources are dreaming - (tonytib) - Jan. 26, 2006, 03:35:12 PM EST

34 is pretty low, actually. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2006, 01:46:00 AM EST

Immediately after release? - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2006, 08:24:06 AM EST

before, actually - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 26, 2006, 10:55:51 AM EST

Slow boat from China - (rcareaga) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2006, 04:00:00 PM EST

Care to try out the HD samples when you get it? - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 30, 2006, 02:19:34 PM EST

It's only Monday, and that is already the dumbest question of the week.
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