A closer look shows Apple’s A4 is “tailored,” not “bespoke”

Analysis of Apples A4 didnt stop in the month after the iPads launch—a number of groups have continued to poke, prod, and photograph Apples chip, looking for insight into a question that will be familiar to longtime Apple watchers who remember the 68K and PowerPC eras. That question is this: what, exactly, is Apples processor strategy?

In the current mobile space, just as in the desktop PC space of the pre-Intel era, that larger question of strategy implies a host of smaller questions, like just how much influence do Apple’s in-house hardware teams exert over the designs, and where is that influence manifested? What is Apple’s long-term plan for playing in the hardware market, and does the company really expect to pit its boutique, Apple-specific designs against the wider commodity market and win?

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