[geeks] this is where the mac should be

[John Francini]

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
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