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In a move that may help differentiate future iPods and iPhones, Apple has agreed to acquire chip designer P.A. Semi of Santa Clara.
The deal, worth $278 million, gives Apple a PowerPC-based chip that is known for high performance and low energy needs. That will prove helpful in bulking up its iPod and iPhone lineup, giving it some differentiation from competitors. But it may also help power new devices from Apple.
Apple has not said what it plans to do with P.A. Semi, which has about 150 employees. P.A. Semi designs processors using the PowerPC architecture, which Apple abandoned for its computers in favor of Intel chips.
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