Apple Uses Intel's Nehalem Die Shot in A5 CPU Slide

[rohitbaran]

This is why I never like Apple. Hypocritical and arrogant. When someone else uses just a square icon with round corners, they are infringing copyrights and when Apple themselves use a copied snap, they are flattering. Wow!

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]warezme[/nom]Apple photoshop something to mislead its sheep???? Nooo!!!![/citation]

The iSheep, didn't even know they were looking at a CPU die.

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]but samsung selling custom UI's that are a clear ripoff of iOS is ok? double standards much?[/citation]

That's an Android issue, not related to the hardware of the Galaxy Tab.

 

[Guest]

"That's an Android issue, not related to the hardware of the Galaxy Tab."
how is that an android issue, samsung's touch flow interface is nothing to do with google and android.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]ap3x[/nom]Figures you guys would go there. If they did use a die layout from Intel it was probably given to them or assisted by Intel. Their relationship with Intel is extremely deep to the point where they influence Intel's products in many cases. They are truly partners.[/citation]
I have my doubts they used the same layout in the chip design. What they did most likely was the photoshop the image of intel's Nehalem.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

[citation][nom]mdsiu[/nom]Well...someone at Apple is fired[/citation]
and another lawyer hired

 

[jcaulley_74]

[citation][nom]ap3x[/nom]Figures you guys would go there. If they did use a die layout from Intel it was probably given to them or assisted by Intel. Their relationship with Intel is extremely deep to the point where they influence Intel's products in many cases. They are truly partners.[/citation]
There were 350M PCs sold in 2010. Intel had an 81% processor market share, meaning they shipped 283.5M cpus just in prefabbed computers alone, this doesn't include boxed products (I don't think it includes servers either, but I'm not positive). Apple shipped 13.5M Macs in the same year. 13.5M is only 5% of Intel's computer CPU volume and even less if you count boxed CPUs (I couldn't find the numbers for those). Intel and Apple aren't partners, Apple is Intel's customer. Intel could easily squash your dearly loved Macs by cutting off supply and it would barely make a dent in Intel's profits. Apple doesn't influence Intel, Intel lets Apple ride it's coat tales because it's good for sales numbers.

 

[sundragon]

because Apple uses an image of the Nehalem die you guys all go crazy on Apple? Wow the hate is pretty irrational...

 

[sundragon]

[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]The iSheep, didn't even know they were looking at a CPU die.[/citation]

Troll...

 

[sundragon]

[citation][nom]Cazalan[/nom]Apple is known for copying/stealing designs. Steve Jobs even said in 1996 "Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal". The iPad was a merge of technology from "1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey", "Knight-Ridder" tablet newspaper from 1994, concept/prototypes from Star Trek, Microsoft tablet PC. It was hardly original. The hardware just finally caught up to make it an affordable reality. LCD replacing CRT made a huge impact on the price of screens. India has a ~$49 tablet.[/citation]

LMAO... Can you please rewrite history? Science fiction and bringing a concept to reality deserve some credit even if you hate the company.

~$49 tablet is a POS that you wouldn't even use... Trolling at it's best

 

[face-plants]

This is so hypocritical but sadly, not surprising. Sure it's only imagery used to promote their products and not the actual product itself but still, the message is:
When Apple copies another company, it's flattery. When another company makes a device remotely similar to an Apple product, it's copyright infringement.

This is just plain laziness not finding a die shot of their own new chip they're so proud of.

I know it's been talked to death but the whole Samsung tablet lawsuit seems so preposterous to me. How can Apple own the idea of a tablet? Hell they were in Star Trek and 2001: A Space Odyssey conceptually decades before the ipad. I'm surprised they haven't claimed the rights to notebook computers; claiming any other computer with a screen up top, keyboard down bottom and a hinge in the middle is a violation of their intellectual property. Although I'm pretty sure Compaq had one of the first PC's in that form factor.

 

[eddieroolz]

Copy-paste, alter the purple parts to yellow. Hmm. Could not have come at a worse time as Apple is suspected of doctoring images of Galaxy S...

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]kapou[/nom]So answer me this then. Why are they suing Samsung and trying to prevent them from launching products that resemble their own??[/citation]
I'm not sure but I think it may be that they're in business to beat the competition. ...or some variation of that.