Apple has bought the company was believed to be responsible for the design of the engine behind the CPU that powers the A4 IPAD. Austin, Texas-based intransitive does not directly affect the production of microprocessors, but specializes in designing and licensing high-performance chips for mobile applications. In fact, their main product is a set of design tools, called Fast14, which implement a series of complicated algorithms and techniques to get better the efficiency of the CPU based on several different architectures, including ARM family in the heart of many of Apple's mobile devices.

In characteristic form of Apple, the company has only confirmed the purchase, although many of the employees Intransitive had changed her profile online at business-oriented network LinkedIn to reflect their new social positions held prior to the Cupertino giant this month. Apple has not detailed what you paid for intransitive or how you intend to use the chip design technologies. Company spokesman Steve Dowling told The New York Times that "technology Apple buys smaller companies from time to time, and we do not comment on our purpose or plans." The newspaper, however, cites one industry expert claiming that the purchase of new Apple set 121 million U.S. dollars - pocket change, really, for a company that ended its second fiscal quarter to 41.7 billion U.S. dollars in cash and investments on hand.

This is not the first time Apple has broken chip specialist. In 2008, the company bought PA Semi chip designer for $ 278 million reported.