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#1
June 27th, 2003, 05:36 PM
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 Hey, when are the G6's coming out... should I hold out for one http://212.100.234.54/content/61/31467.html The Register's article on the IBM Power5 chip (or rather, IBM's marketing lit). Will we see these in Macs?    |
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#3
June 27th, 2003, 08:05 PM
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The new G5s aren't even shipping yet, and you are worrying about whether you should hold out for the G6?! We got G4s five years ago, I wouldn't bother...
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#4
June 27th, 2003, 08:15 PM
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In the movie on the apple website: "We have already built the prototypes of the next generation PowerPC processors." And Steve Jobs said in the keynote that in 12 Months, they promise the'll be at 3 GHz Processos. Hmm... |
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#5
June 27th, 2003, 09:03 PM
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But I bet those 3Ghz are gonna be G5's too. Mabye by the time the dual 10Ghz G6's come out I'll be able to buy one! Haha that would be a tight computer ;^)
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#6
June 27th, 2003, 10:03 PM
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HAHAHA. In a freaking long time. Looks like a sweet proc though. Up to 4 times as powerful as the Power 4, which the G5 is based on.
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June 28th, 2003, 04:49 AM
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The G5 is the PPC 970, which is based on POWER4. The G6, which would be the PPC 980, would be based on POWER5. POWER5 is just now in test stage, meaning that the design is almost completely done. Since IBM and Apple by now have already the experience of adapting POWER4 to PPC970, it should be easier to do it a second time. I do not think it will take long, maybe two years or so, before they could be ready. However, the G5 can quite easily reach 3-4 GHz on its own. BTW. the G7 would then be based on the POWER6, which is currently under development. With this chip they could immediately take into account the possibility of adapting it to PPC 990 already now in the design stage. Who knows what the future will bring ...
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