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Secret History: Apple's first attempt at making a CPU

RetroBytes 86,327 2 years ago
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You would think with all the news about Apple creating their own ARM based CPU that this was the first time they had tried it. In the 80s Apple ran a secret project to create their own CPU design. Fortunately their spec document leaked, so we can now look inside their secret CPU project. This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com) 00:00 - Introduction 00:54 - Project Aquarius 03:04 - A word from our sponsors 03:22 - How the project got started 06:00 - How to keep a purple super computer secret 10:12 - The Scorpius CPU (multi-core in the 80s) 14:36 - How it came to an end 17:53 - What if? 19:45 - Thanks

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