In 1991, three once-fierce enemies - Apple, IBM, and Motorola - formed an alliance. At the press conference, IBM president Jack Kuehler proclaimed that their partnership would launch a "renaissance in technological innovation". Apple CEO John Sculley added that it would be "the bridge over the great divide to a new object frontier". Whatever that means. The most visible product of this threesome was PowerPC. A super-fast chip architecture made to take on Intel's solidifying monopoly. In today’s video, a story about hitting monopolies head-on, the original Apple Silicon: PowerPC.
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