Other Anybody have a PDF of "How Apple's PA Semi Acquisition Fits Into Its Chip History" (by Daniel Eran Dilger) they can share ?

[Cosmosent]

I stumbled-across my hardcopy, & would make a PDF of it (& offer it up) if it wasn't so marked up.

The article is from April 28th, 2008, & is a Most-Excellent Read !

It could be the single-best Article I've ever come across on Apple's PA Semi acquisition !

It's 5 pages long, with lots of good details.

 

[chengengaun]

Is this the article (in one of the posts)? Doesn't seem available on roughlydrafted.com any longer.

Apple Buys Chip Designer P.A. Semi

Probably the story of the day, Apple is taking a big step in the IC business by purchasing the microprocessor design company P.A. Semi for $278 million in cash. P.A. Semi is a fabless semiconductor company that was founded in 2003 by Dan Dobberpuhl, the former lead designer of the Alpha and...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[chengengaun]

The whole article is available here:

How Apple’s PA Semi Acquisition Fits Into Its Chip History — RoughlyDrafted