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Re: Today, 50 years ago

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Today, 50 years ago
Date	2026-04-15 16:14 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<10rodgh$aae$3@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References	<today-20260331204342@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <10rmgl8$gjuj$1@dont-email.me> <10ro2qf$q7a$1@reader1.panix.com> <tzNDR.276692$4wI6.186533@fx24.iad>

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In article <tzNDR.276692$4wI6.186533@fx24.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:
>>In article <10rmgl8$gjuj$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Jason H  <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>On 31/03/2026 21:59, Lawrence DOliveiro wrote:
>>>>On 31 Mar 2026 19:58:11 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer Company was founded
>>>>>   (incorporated January 3, 1977).
>>>>
>>>>Back in those early years, the company was more about technological
>>>>innovation than trendiness.
>>>
>>>To be fair to them, the whole move to UNIX and, much later, Apple Silicon
>>>was ultimately pretty innovative when compared to the rest of the market.
>>>Unified memory ftw. 
>>
>>
>>Eh....  I dunno.
>>
>>Apple Silicon is pretty nice, though I don't know about ARM.
>>The obvious alternative is RISC-V, but it was not mature enough
>>for use in a high-end product at the time they moved away from
>>Intel.
>
>RISC-V didn't exist when Apple started working on the ARMv8-based
>silicon (circa 2012-2013).   Apple was part of the TAB[*] (as was my
>employer) and helped guide the development of 64-bit ARMv8.
>
>[*] ARM's Technical Advisory Board

Adopting ARM on the desktop does make some sense from Apple's
perspective, I imagine.  They already have a robust ecosystem
for using it on handheld-devices; standardizing on one ISA
across their product lines is a no-brainer.

	- Dan C.

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Today, 50 years ago ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-03-31 19:58 +0000
  Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-31 20:59 +0000
    Re: Today, 50 years ago Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-14 22:55 +0000
      Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-15 05:47 +0000
        Re: Today, 50 years ago oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-04-15 11:38 +0000
          Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 13:13 +0000
            Re: Today, 50 years ago oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-04-15 13:57 +0000
            Re: Today, 50 years ago moi <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2026-04-15 19:18 +0100
              Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 18:28 +0000
          Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-15 22:08 +0000
        Re: Today, 50 years ago Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-04-15 07:35 -0700
          Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-15 22:05 +0000
            Re: Today, 50 years ago Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-04-16 00:01 +0000
              Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-16 00:44 +0000
                Re: Today, 50 years ago Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-16 09:23 +0100
      Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 13:11 +0000
        Re: Today, 50 years ago Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-15 14:31 +0100
          Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 14:04 +0000
            Re: Today, 50 years ago John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-15 11:21 -0700
              Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 18:41 +0000
              Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-15 22:03 +0000
          Re: Today, 50 years ago scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-04-15 14:55 +0000
        Re: Today, 50 years ago Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-04-15 07:44 -0700
          Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 16:13 +0000
        Re: Today, 50 years ago scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-04-15 14:48 +0000
          Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 16:14 +0000
            Re: Today, 50 years ago John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-04-15 17:19 +0000
              Re: Today, 50 years ago cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-15 18:43 +0000
              Re: Today, 50 years ago Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-15 19:55 +0000
              Re: Today, 50 years ago scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-04-15 20:08 +0000
                Re: pretty good chips, Today, 50 years ago John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-04-15 21:26 +0000
  Re: Today, 50 years ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-05 20:37 +0000

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