> probably one of the reasons apple moved on to to intel?

Statement from an unnamed* former IBM Manager who was involved in the negotiations between IBM and Apple:

"IBM had hoped to amortize the cost of PowerPC on Cell, the PowerPC-based chip design now used in the Sony PlayStation, some IBM severs, and IBM Roadrunner supercomputers. Big Blue was hoping to move Apple to Cell and then get the economies of scale there"
https://www.cnet.com/news/four-years-later-why-did-apple-drop-powerpc/

So yes, the low performance of Cell in terms of general purpose computing might have contributed to Apple's decision to switch to Intel.

* The former IBM Manager was later revealed to be Michel Mayer, 2001-2003 General Manager for IBM Microelectronics (and 2004-2008 Chairman and CEO of Freescale).

[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 05.12.2019 - 12:24 ]