CNet reports today on the state of Apple's chip business. Mark Papermaster finally started work after a few months of legal wrangling between Apple and IBM. He still doesn't have a press bio photo yet but is on the executive big board. It isn't known whether his late arrival has slowed the in-house chip development at Apple or if Apple would have even been ready for their own chips on upcoming iPhones, iPods and rumored tablets even with him.
Separately, the Inquirer is reporting that Bob Drebin, another big chip guy is now on the Apple payroll. Drebing, a GPU guy, has been around the chip making world with recent stops at AMD and ATI (bought by AMD). Before ATI, Mr. Drebin managed the architecture and design unit of ArtX, where he was instrumental in development of the graphics component for the Nintendo Game Cube. Prior to joining ArtX, Mr. Drebin was a chief engineer in Silicon Graphics' Advanced Graphics Division, where he spent nine years developing high performance graphics systems.
Games. Yay.
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All I can think is Bob
All I can think is Bob Drebin... Police Squad!
Frank Drebin
Frank Drebin: Yes, well. When I see five weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in plain view of a hundred people, I shoot the bastards, that's my policy.
Mayor Barkley: That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar, you moron! You killed five actors! Good ones!
first poster, if you're going
first poster, if you're going to be so rude make sure you get it right yourself: it's "GameCube".
These are huge acquisitions for Apple, and bode well for the company's future. Flipper (GCN gfx chip) was/is a technological marvel. IBM wanted Papermaster so bad that they sued Apple to keep him quiet. Can't wait to see what comes of their work for Apple!
Question about June....
Will any of this concerning Papermaster effect or has already effected what is going to be announced in June?
Guaranteed
Ten years and Apple will be running on it's own, and completely exclusive platform from the iPhone right on up to the Mac Pro.
Is it just me...
or does that page look like it was made with Frontpage? Come on Apple spice it up. These are folks are the cream of your company!
"IBM wanted Papermaster so
"IBM wanted Papermaster so bad that they sued Apple to keep him quiet."
That's not true. Absolute baloney. Papermaster signed an IBM employment contract that prevented him for working for a competitor for a certain period of time. "Sued him to keep him quiet", what a stupid comment.