[geeks] this is where the mac should be

[James Fogg]

Remember that one of Apples big concerns was the need for a low power
consumption chip for laptops. IBM still hasn't addressed that issue.

________________________________

From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org on behalf of John Francini
Sent: Thu 10/12/2006 11:31 AM
To: The Geeks List
Subject: Re: [geeks] this is where the mac should be



It's not clear from this short article if the Power6 chip would have
the AltiVec vector accelerator on it.

I didn't believe the PowerPC chips intended for IBM's own server
consumption had AltiVec.

If that is the case, then it wouldn't be a good successor for the G5,
no matter what the clock speed was.

john

On 12 Oct 2006, at 10:34, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> " --IBM cranks dual-core Power6 beyond 4GHz--
> " IBM Corp. will go back to the future with its next-generation Power6
> " design by pushing raw speed rather than trying to pack more cores
> on a
> " die.
> " http://www.embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?
> articleID=193200009
> ______________________________________________________________________
> __
> Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
> internet rambler                            is to see what all have
> seen
> adh at an.bradford.ma.us                       and think what none
> thought
> _______________________________________________
> GEEKS:  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks
_______________________________________________
GEEKS:  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks

[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]