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To: Richard Habib who wrote (24597)	5/6/1999 11:57:00 AM
From: J R KARY	Respond to of 213177

AIM PowerPC relationship in tact , Turley's "opinion" is questionable Rich , AIM's rumored death conveniently coincides with the "chip" engineering conference where this year's theme is "embedded" chips" . Turley sells a microprocessor report . A wild opinion inserted in a news item like you posted may be to sell his report : ------ >> "Apple was out of the loop on this," Turley opined. "They used to have to agree to changes," he said, because they were part owners of the design, along with IBM and Motorola. ..." << ------ Not so . AIM's death and AAPL's lack of influence on BOTH embedded and programable PowerPCs is history unless one believes in ghosts . Here's a AIM ghostbuster worth unparsing : ----- " While Book E addresses some needs of Apple, it was done at the request of embedded customers," said Will Swearingen, director of PowerPC marketing for Motorola. "They (AAPL) wanted to see a combined development [the PowerPC] roadmap, and flexibility in how they do business," he noted.... "... The new design opens up the door for Apple to easily transition to 64-bit processors in its computers, ... -------- Skip Turley's Microprocessor Report . Jim K. Ref: news.com