[geeks] POWER5!!!!

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:40:23PM -0500, vance at neurotica.com wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 dave at cca.org wrote:
> 
> > Yee-ha! According to this article:
> >
> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-485578,00.html
> >
> > Macs and game consoles are available with the POWER5 CPU!
> > I can't wait to get mine!
> 
> LOL.  I think these people think that POWER5 is PowerPC architecture or
> something.  I do believe that one of the current game consoles is based on
> PowerPC.  Gamecube?  Might not be right with that one.

The gamecube is PPC, I think derived from the 401 chip, but that I'm not
sure about.  

It is reported that the Sony PS3 will use a chip designed with IBM.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2120395,00.html
It is rumored that this chip is based on some 64bit PPC core.

> I expect when POWER5 first hits the streets, it will be *expensive*.  Just
> like POWER4 was.  I believe that POWER4's prices will drop like a rock
> though.  Not like they aren't already approaching something reasonable.

Cool.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd