Freescale and IBM Working Together

In a press release, Freescale, the former processor division of Motorola which furnished the G4 for Apple, announced it's agreement for joint development with IBM, the manufacturer of the G3s and G5s.
This agreement will affect several aspects of it's processor manufacturing:
- Improvement from CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) and SOI (Silicon-on-Insulator) technologies to aide in the transition to 45 nm engraving.
- Joint use of production capabilities
Although Intel's success is undoubtedly not unknown to this alliance, it is important to remember that Freescale and IBM's disputes led to Apple's dropping behind in the technology race, as at one time the G4 did not manage to evolve whilst the G5 remained late in arriving.