Discussion: The G3's Future

I think IBM way is in lower-power G5 (G5-moblie), not in boosted-G3. If they have ultra-high-speed G5, the can also build slightly-less-speedy-and-much-lower-power-G5. In addition they will probably user slower RAM and this will make the portable solution, and a similar path will renew the iMac (lower cost, low noise) series.
 
Although Apple will not want to run the entire product selection on the same chip. A low-power G5 would be in a Powerbook, not in an iBook or iMac... a 1-2Ghz G3 w/Altivec makes more sense there (cheaper, not loaded down with pro-level enhancements).

Not to mention the fact that IBM is still committed to the 750 for a few years more.
 
I'd say IBM is most assuredly invested in the PPC 970/G5, seeing as they built a $3 billion plant just to manufacture the little squirts. I still don't see why they'd go to the trouble of researching a way to add Altivec, or some similar technology, to the PPC 750 when the 745X already has Altivec and is rather cheap to produce.
 
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