From: Thomas Ptacek (tqbfmatasano.com)
Date: Thu Jan 11 2007 - 06:58:25 CST

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No question ARM is capable of running the iPhone, but OSX already
supports x86 and PPC, both of which (particularly PPC) are viable in a
phone setting.

I've written ARM assembly too and have to ask, why do people like it so much?

On 1/11/07, Jamie Riden <jamesreurope.com> wrote:
> On 11/01/07, Thomas Ptacek <tqbfmatasano.com> wrote:
> > Ok, I'm going to extend my run of bad predictions and say that there's
> > an x86 part in here, not an ARM.
>
> Quite possible it's ARM - I think ARM will handle the load quite
> happily and as far as I'm informed, it's a lot nicer than x86 for
> embedded stuff. (I used to write assembly code for ARM2 and 3 and
> it's a gorgeous instruction set to play with.)
>
> cheers,
> Jamie
> --
> Jamie Riden, CISSP / jamesreurope.com / jamie.ridengmail.com
> NZ Honeynet project - http://www.nz-honeynet.org/
>
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