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Every year the biggest names in 3D software exhibit on the show floor. This year was no different. The exhibit floor was very busy. Apple however was not at SIGGRAPH in "booth form". Apparently a few companies were worried that the Boston show was not going to be as well attended as a typical SIGGRAPH show in Los Angeles, to make the visit worth it financially. Apple did not have a booth this year on the show floor and may have been in this small group of companies that normally exhibit. However, the unofficial, official word is that Apple's...
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Rasti 3 years 3 months ago
At the end of this year, AMD will close a deal that will have Apple buying AMD chips for the first time.
The question is, will Apple keep using ATI, which is being acquired by AMD, as a supplier for its critical graphics components?
Whether AMD chooses to use or lose the ATI brand will make no difference in the way ATI's products are treated post-acquisitioin. Intel will cast the stinkeye at any sizeable OEM that continues to use ATI parts. Some will bend to Intel's will and some will keep using what works best for their systems. At...
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According to the article, the new advertising, increased functionality of OSX, and Intel-based machines are all raising the profile of Apple's machines to new heights.
"However, this cycle isn't your usual processor upgrade cycle that comes every time Intel or Advanced Micro Devices tweaks a process. This is a major shift that affects all parts of the Mac customer-developer-vendor ecology. Longtime Apple watchers can count two earlier events of similar magnitude. The first such transition occurred in March 1994 with the arrival of the...
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