Analysis of Apples A4 didnt stop in the month after the iPads launch—a number of groups have continued to poke, prod, and photograph Apples chip, looking for insight into a question that will be familiar to longtime Apple watchers who remember the 68K and PowerPC eras. That question is this: what, exactly, is Apples processor strategy?

In the current mobile space, just as in the desktop PC space of the pre-Intel era, that larger question of strategy implies a host of smaller questions, like just how much influence do Apple’s in-house hardware teams exert over the designs, and where is that influence manifested? What is Apple’s long-term plan for playing in the hardware market, and does the company really expect to pit its boutique, Apple-specific designs against the wider commodity market and win?

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