[geeks] New, cheaper, POWER4 Chip (PowerPC 970)

Kevin kevin at pipeline.com
Wed May 14 10:45:30 CDT 2003


You have this on a reliable source i take it?

/KRM

On Wed, 14 May 2003 18:46:24 -0500
Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> Thats what Apple's next machines are going to be, the
> PPC970s.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 10:37:27AM -0400, Kevin
> wrote:
> > I'm looking at this as very good news.  There have
> > been a number of rumors that Apple might look to
> > Intel to fill it's CPU gap (that never made much
> > sense to me, i don't see how they can afford
> > another paradigm shift and still keep developers
> > from dropping them.)  The"cut down" POWER4 would be
> > a much better option.
> > 
> > http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/A2CE393ABF2CE99787256D21006AE8A2
> > 
> > /KRM
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