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If there’s one thing that Apple prides itself on, it’s keeping all of their product lines “in-house”. It looks to be adding to that ideal by purchasing, PA Semi, a micro-processing chip designer company. Being reported by Forbes, Apple paid around $278 million for PA Semi. So just what is Apple gaining by this latest acquisition?

Their iPhone, and iPod line looks to be the main beneficiary of the buy. With ownership of PA Semi, Apple would be in control of its’ destiny in terms of chips it would use for iPhones and iPods. Another benefit of manufacturing its’ own chips, would be it could help to differentiate themselves from competitors using the same chipsets.

While this purchase looks good for Apple, it leaves Intel hung out to dry, so to speak. They have been trying to get Apple to buy into their “Atom” chips, which is their lower powered chip set.

It will be interesting to see what comes of this purchase in the long run. Hopefully this will help Apple set itself apart even further from its’ competition. It can definitely be said that Apple never does anything from a traditional manner. Which is probably why they have been so successful this past decade.

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