Insiders say it is an Apple Computer Inc task force code-named Hurricane that is looking at the idea of a technology swap between Apple and IBM Corp, and suggest that the initial proposal for collaboration came from IBM: despite the Ford Motor Co deal for a microcontroller version of the 88000 RISC, some observers question whether Motorola Inc will continue development of the 88110 RISC if IBM licenses it to fabricate the Rios RISC for Apple and as a second source for IBM – but Motorola’s own computer business is now dependent on the 88000.
