Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.hardware:12060 comp.sys.mac.misc:13098 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!tosh!starta From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Apple talking to IBM Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 91 22:25:05 GMT References: <1991Jun11.211857.7834@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> Reply-To: tosh!starta@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (John Starta) Distribution: usa Organization: Micro Orchard Co., Phoenix, Arizona, USA Lines: 24 ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr) writes: > A Mr. Ken Flamm (sp ?) from Brookings Institution, talking on the radio > about the reported Apple/IBM discussions, said that "Apple needs IBM's RISC > technology to stay competitive". It sounds strange, since Motorola also > makes RISC chips, doesn't it? Not to mention other manufacturers. Yes they do, and it's a fantastic chip! > So, is IBM that much ahead in RISC? or is the whole explanation baloney? > Just curious. I haven't looked at the IBM RISC chip, so I can't comment on how far ahead or behind they are technologically speaking, but according to a WSJ article on the discussions, Motorola is reportedly having difficulties delivering their chips in large quanities. I don't know if this is actually true, or if the WSJ writers where just fishing for an explanation. John -- John A. Starta Internet: tosh!starta@asuvax.eas.asu.edu Chief Technologist UUCP: ...ncar!noao!asuvax!tosh!starta Micro Orchard Co. AOL: AFA John; CompuServe: 71520,3556