MacBook will soon say goodbye to Intel

CALIFORNIA – MacBook will soon say goodbye to Intel! Yes, Apple reportedly has negotiated with AMD to establish cooperation in adopting an alternative processor for Mac product in the future. According to reports Apple Insider, Sunday (18/4/2010), a group of representatives of AMD has been looking at the Apple Commuter Coach bus, while officials have identified executives attended the meeting and conference at the office diselanggarakan Apple.

“The meeting has been reported, including briefings by AMD, which t Apple to start work with AMD processors in the laboratory as part of an initiative to position the chip in some of their products to come,” wrote Apple Insider.

Much speculation has grown that Apple is working with AMD to broaden portensianya source for the CPU in order to increase flexibility and expand competitive choices. Moreover, Apple has made to meet the “problem” with a variety of Intel CPUs. “These include the limited availability of the new processor, which is rumored to have slowed Apple notebook refresh,” he added

If AMD really going to establish the partnership with Apple in developing the latest products on the Mac, the Mac will have some advantages that have been pinned  processor. Among others, the ability to develop x64 CPUs for the Mac. Competitive choice for future notebooks, and potentially 80 percent of the CPU performance and 60 percent in terms of cost compared with Intel-based processors.

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion in settlement

Intel, the computer-chip giant accused of abusing its market power, will pay Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), $1.25 billion (£755 million) to settle all long-standing disputes over competitive and licensing issues.Intel, which makes 80 per cent of the central processing units at the heart of all personal computers, was accused in 2005 by AMD, its smaller rival, of offering financial incentives to computer makers and retailers to buy its microprocessors.Under the terms of the settlement, AMD said that the two companies will have a new five-year cross license agreement, as well as the one-off settlement pay-out. They will give up any claims of breach from the previous license agreement and drop all pending litigation including the case in U.S. District Court in Delaware and two cases pending in Japan.