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

I think you'll find Apple designed Nehalem, and are currently pursuing intel in the courts for copyright infringement on the 'look and feel' of their chip.

Apple said about copying Intel - "They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

So answer me this then. Why are they suing Samsung and trying to prevent them from launching products that resemble their own??

For Apple the sincerest form of flattery comes with $$$ attached. Lots of them.

Wow... That was a blatant copy-paste. Look closely:



Sorry if I got the perspective wrong, I'm not very good with Gimp.

Mess with the hue a little, reduce saturation, etc., and I'm pretty sure it's the same thing. And yeah, poor, "poor" Samsung...

So that's why them i Porns run so hot.....

Anand of AnandTech gets some serious nerd cred for recognizing a die shot.

Next in news. Apple, after patenting the "look and feel" of a computer chip, sues everybody.

Well...someone at Apple is fired

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.

Yea Anand has some serious nerd cred. The guy is nothing short of amazing with the information his site provides.

Wow, how sad, Apple. Just as sad as suing Samsung for "copying" the iPad.... after much Photoshop work, it sure does look similar... >_>

Samsung releases multiple products with a UI that's clearly copying the iOS look and feel...

Apple uses a dieshot of a nehalem CPU to makes an illustration about a CPU in one slide of a presentation...

Clearly those are very different things, grow up people, get off the hate train, and get on the common sense train

here come my down votes

Why is this news?

Yeah and Apple Photoshopping pics of Samsung products to resemble Apple products for court was an "accident" too . . .

Your train just derailed fool.

why're you here?

If Apple was selling CPUs (desktop CPUs in this case), then it would've been a no-no. But given the fact that Apple is Intel's top client ever since they've switched from PowerPC... I guess they're cool with it. If anything, this is free Intel advertising.

Nice :-D I had a good laugh.

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.

but samsung selling custom UI's that are a clear ripoff of iOS is ok? double standards much?

Same reason you are.

1. the samsung photos were photoshopped

2. the presentation was about the design of the A5. The die shot was of an A5, which is clearly the same as the nehalem die. this wasnt an example of a cpu, it was the actual cpu, and is one of the reasons most of us here hate apple. They sue everyone for "stealing ideas", and then they do this and claim its apple designed.

I thought all of these companies stole from each other. We know Apple and Samsung do it. For this example, though, did Apple say the Intel die shot was their own? They apparently wanted a photo of a CPU die, and may have even asked Intel's permission to use it (doubtful, but who knows?).

Yes, it would have been better for them to get a photo of the A5 dieshot. They didn't, it got noticed, and now they've stolen something else...a photo of an Intel CPU. Tsk tsk, but kind of trivial. We know Apple's lawyers would be at the ready if someone else did this to them. Who knows if they'd actually be unleashed.

Once again, Apple seems to have done something to earn further hatred from those that really need no reason to hate them. Apple is indeed sue-happy and that's annoying, but it seems to be the new industry fad. It'd be funny if Intel tried to sue them for using their photo during an A5 slideshow. ...but I suspect Intel doesn't have time to be bothered with such. Bravo for Intel.

because apple claims the A5 is their design, and the video was a clear presentation of the A5 die. Why would they ask intel for a die that doesnt resemble the cpu they are showing off. That was the a5.

Yep, as I was watching, I was like wait..... thats my 1st Gen i7 they are showing a picture of... wait what? Apple, reuse of stock photos is not cool!

You obviously have no clue what you are talking about. The die pictured is the intel die. Here is a link to the actual die picture of an A5 http://www.chipworks.com/en/techni [...] omparison/ They have no similarities other than the fact they were made on silicon. Hurry along now, the short bus back to Apple headquarters is waiting for you.

Apple photoshop something to mislead its sheep???? Nooo!!!!

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!

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

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

"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.

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.

and another lawyer hired