[geeks] this is where the mac should be

Mark Benson md.benson at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 12:53:59 CDT 2006


On 13 Oct 2006, at 16:38, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Joshua Boyd wrote:
>>> Not at all -
>>>
>>> See Microsoft XBox360
>>> See Nintendo Wii (November '06)
>>> See Cisco routers and embedded systems using PowerPC derivatives
>>
>> Do any of those use freescale chips, or are they all IBM?
>
> I don't know about Cisco routers, but the XBox 360 and Wii both use  
> IBM
> chips exclusively.  As will the Playstation 3, if it ever comes out.

The PS3 chips is technically a tri-partisan design from Sony, Toshiba  
and IBM. I believe IBM are in charge of the fabrication though.

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