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Apple disses Intel's Atom, buys PowerPC designer P.A. Semi

Gadgets & Tech – Apple has finally found a use for the $18 billion it has lying around in the bank. Rumors of various acquisition targets have surfaced sporadically in the past, but I don't think anyone predicted this one: P.A. Semi, a fabless designer of PowerPC chips, is now owned by Apple. Let the wild speculation begin. P.A. Semi was founded in 2003 by veter

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