AMD chief says Apple will eventually use AMD chips
AppleInsider StaffAdvanced Micro Devices chief executive Hector Ruiz said Wednesday that Apple Computer will eventually use its microprocessors alongside those from Intel.
"Everybody wants choice,'' he said, adding that rival Intel Corp's practices have stifled the PC industry's growth. "Knowing Apple, why would they want to be held hostage like everyone else has been?"
Adding AMD as a supplier would be simple for Apple because the company has already adapted its Mac OS X system software to work on Intel chips, which use the same instruction set as AMD, Ruiz said.
The Sunnyvale, California-based AMD is the world's second-largest chipmaker, behind only Intel.
The two chipmakers have been intertwined in a fierce battle for market share with AMD recently pushing Intel's share of the market to less than 80 percent for the first time in four years.
Apple has declined to comment on the report.
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Sounds to me like pure wishing and pie-in-the-sky speculation on Ruiz's part.
If wishes were horses, etc.
Not going to happen Hector.
that would be of great appeal to non mac users, the introduction of amd chips would open up a whole new buisness opportunity to apple. I am doubtful of whether it will happen or not but it will be an interesting story to follow. It also makes me wonder on how intel would react to apple introducing those chips.
Sometimes though all these changes so quickly make me wonder if i shoulda waited to get my imac. I was fortunate enough to wait (because of all these rumors about new imacs coming out) to get the dropped price and new chips. I just hope we get lots of updates on the matter
Of course he wants AMD processors in Apple machines. But he obviously isn't close to anything regarding this deal. If he was, he would be Steve-silent as a chopped down log. He's angry because intel beat AMD to it, and showed off a great roadmap of processors that fit Apple's roadmap like a glove. In fact, now that I think of it... perhaps the future lineup from intel is co-planned by the two CEO's of intel and Apple from the start. Now this AMD guy just wants to make some fuzz.
I think it'll happen in a couple of years. Apple won't vigorously deny it because the only way to keep Intel honest is to let them know that other good options exist. Intel knows, from what happened to IBM, that Apple can move in a different direction with nary a hint of their plans.