Innovation Apple Intel Wow!

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Rumors for some time created by reports from this NY Times reporter. Apple even created a Mac based upon Intel hardware a decade ago. But back then, Apple management could not even find its own ass. All I can say this time is WOW!

from the NY Times:
Apple Plans to Switch From I.B.M. to Intel for Chips
Steven P. Jobs is preparing to take an unprecedented gamble by abandoning Apple Computer's 14-year commitment to chips developed by I.B.M. and Motorola in favor of Intel processors for his Macintosh computers, industry executives informed of the decision said Sunday.

Repeatedly noted here is the threat to Moore's law. Current transistor technology may be hitting a brickwall which is why quantum physics and other possible new technologies are so important to this American industry.

Apple, according to analysts, has become increasingly alarmed by I.B.M.'s failure to deliver a new version of its Power PC chip, called the G5, that does not generate much heat...
"That's a huge looming problem for Apple, if it can't keep up with Intel notebooks in performance," said Charles Wolf...

IBM demonstrated problems earlier when they missed delivery on a contract involving a new Hi-K material. The material would peal off semiconductors while in production. Hi-K materials (Hafnium Dioxide, La2O3, and other compounds) are but one possible solution to increasing CPU speed. Unfortunately many were having trouble manufacturing with these materials.

Moore's Law may be confronting a brick wall; compounded by a government that is subverting science with political agendas such as a Man on Mars, Iraq, and ISS at the expense of basic research. Material science research and basic sub atomic research is being stifled along with other sciences.