IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors

[ferrellsl]

This should have happened about 10 years ago......I'm thinking it's too little, too late, to be of any consequence.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/ibm-to-begin-arm-style-licensing-of-power-cpu-architecture/

[ferrellsl]

You mean this?


http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-XE303C12-A01US-Chromebook-Wi-Fi-11-6-Inch/dp/B009LL9VDG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375819751&sr=8-1&keywords=chromebook

No, that CPU is an ARM derivative.  He wants a PPC laptop that can perform as well as the AMD/x86/ARM laptops that are out there.

[ferrellsl]

Maybe the Chinese will pick up on this and develop some interesting new PPC driven systems.