Acapulco, Mexico

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And now for something completely different:
San Jose, CA 1997 This is the "bringup" team at Exponential Technology, Inc. We are popping
champagne corks to celebrate booting MacOS on our x704 microprocessor
first silicon. This was Jim Blomgren's startup before founding Intrinsity.
Intrinisity designed the A4 microprocessor powering the iPhone 4 and got
bought by Apple last year. I guess I should be kicking myself for not going
to work there in 1998 when they asked me to...but twelve years until cash
out, who has the patience???

(this moment in computer history brought to you by the Telcel Banda Ancha
3G cellular modem. The modem is made by ZTE, a mainland China company.
With all the recent talk about "back doors" and "kill switches" it kinda makes
you wonder...)

Comments

sailfurther said…
amazing... Top Handset Maker Confirms Backdoor in One of Its Models: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/zte-backdoor/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29
May 19, 2012 at 12:19 PM
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