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Re:Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac by latexr on Monday June 10, 2024 @03:06PM (#40637224)
> Rosetta is made out of Apple IIRC but integrated internally

Don’t think that’s right. I think Rosetta was always made inside Apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software)

Perhaps mixing it up because of Rosetta Stone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_(software)

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Re:Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac by kevbin on Monday June 10, 2024 @03:39PM (#40637790)
> Transitive is providing the engine used in Apple's Rosetta software, which translates software for its current machines using PowerPC processors so it can run on forthcoming Intel-based Macintoshes. "We've had a long-term relationship with them," Transitive Chief Executive Bob Wiederhold said Tuesday.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-brains-b...

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Re:Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac by latexr on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:15AM (#40645837)
Thank you for the correction. For those wanting to know more, the technology was called QuickTransit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit

Rosetta 2 may have been developed in-house, though. That bit isn’t yet clear.

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