Apple Considers Using Cell Chip

KingFishKingFish
edited February 2005 in Science & Tech
Apple's stock price shot up recently at rumors that it is considering using the Cell chip in future products.
As many faithful Geeks already know, Sony/IBM/Toshiba recently unveiled a few of the feature details of the Cell processor, noting specifically the intention to target the next generation processor at media, gaming, and workstation markets. There is certainly a "Geek appeal" to Apple making such a move. The long time Silicon Valley veteran has been confined to a small marketshare of the overall CPU/workstation market, but has managed to maintain a strong niche market supported by a most loyal following. Catering to the customer, Apple has not only managed to keep the zeal in its customer relationships, but has in the last few years managed to woo the rest of the technology market with killer catch-on products like the iPod and wide-screen Cinema displays. If Apple can solidify a competitive solution in its assumed Cell platform, it may be able to garner wider adoption of its computing/media products.
Source: GEEK.com

Comments

  • scifibrawlscifibrawl
    edited February 2005
    Their stock is splitting soon, too. Feb 24th or 25th I believe. With all the news about them lately, I'm thinking I might pick up some of their stock, any comments?
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited February 2005
    They're pumped up pretty high due to excellent ipod sales ... but what happens as the mp3 player market starts to mature and saturate? Take a careful look at what's happening in the digital camera sector as it starts to saturate. Are large numbers of people going to really go out and buy a new ipod so they can have a color screen to look at photos? While Apple is having a resurgence I would do some serious fact-checking and I personally wouldn't buy apple for a long term investment atm. It really depends what you expect from this investment ...
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    With all the news about them lately, I'm thinking I might pick up some of their stock, any comments?
    Are you sure the stock price will continue to rise? It's had a fantastic runup the last 18 months. (Wouldn't it have been great to have purchased about 12 months ago!) Be careful, or you might just be buying shares at their high point. Sort of the opposite of buying something when it's on sale. (Wow, plywood has gone up 50% at Home Depot, looks like it's time to buy!) My investment philosophy: buying any single issue is not investing - it's speculating. It can be very rewarding, or it can be disastrous. I would recommend to anyone, unless you've got money to burn, lower your risk by investing in mutual funds that spread the risk through many, many stock issues. Problem is that so many people purchase a stock just after it has demonstrated to be very successful - jump on the bandwagon when the price is very high - exactly the opposite of what should happen by purchasing when the price is low.
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited February 2005
    Macs Own so bad, i want a Mac Laptop NOW!!!
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