[geeks] this is where the mac should be

Mark Benson md.benson at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 12:56:55 CDT 2006


On 13 Oct 2006, at 16:58, Phil Brutsche wrote:

> Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>> I don't know about Cisco routers, but the XBox 360 and Wii both  
>> use IBM
>> chips exclusively.  As will the Playstation 3, if it ever comes out.
>
> Cisco gear uses both.  Routers use Motorola/FreeScale PowerQUICC on
> occasion (17xx, 26xx), switches use (or rather, have in the past,  
> don't
> have access to anything current at the moment) IBM.
>
> Catalyst 2900XL and 3500XL switches use IBM PPC403 embedded CPUs

Hasn't IBM farmed PPC4xx out to AMCC?


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