Geek.com: "8500 processor may never arrive"

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
I don't know how accurate Geek.com is in regards to processor rumors but I noticed that on their G5 page, it says

"Motorola's PowerPC G5 / 8500 processor may never arrive."



Here is the link.

<a href="http://www.geek.com/procspec/apple/g5.htm"; target="_blank">http://www.geek.com/procspec/apple/g5.htm</a>;



I hope this site gets their information from the same people who supply Spymac with information.
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  • Reply 1 of 41
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    Not much context in that article. Two points:



    1.There already is at least one version of the 8500 series - the 8540.

    2. The desktop version of the 8500 class that Apple would use would be a 7500, if it follows current numbering schemes.
  • Reply 2 of 41
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by sc_markt:

    <strong>I don't know how accurate Geek.com is in regards to processor rumors but I noticed that on their G5 page, it says

    "Motorola's PowerPC G5 / 8500 processor may never arrive."



    Here is the link.

    <a href="http://www.geek.com/procspec/apple/g5.htm"; target="_blank">http://www.geek.com/procspec/apple/g5.htm</a>;



    I hope this site gets their information from the same people who supply Spymac with information.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Strange, they said that this chip will never arrive and they give a lot of precise specifications of this chip, including watt consumption, size of L1 and L2 cache, various speeds ... I mean according to this rumor, the chip is near achievement but will never be release.
  • Reply 3 of 41
    sc_marktsc_markt Posts: 1,401member
    I emailed geek.com about this and got a response this morning. He said he has more info to post but is waiting for approval from his source.



    He did share some interesting info in the email. If anybody is curious, I'd suggest writing an email to geek.com.
  • Reply 4 of 41
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    PM me. Or just post it. If you can't post it, then PM me and paste in the info. I need to know. Thanks.
  • Reply 5 of 41
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,419member
    I know ....Apple's going X86(Hammer)
  • Reply 6 of 41
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:

    <strong>I know ....Apple's going X86(Hammer)</strong><hr></blockquote>



    And your source(s) is/are??



    J :cool:
  • Reply 7 of 41
    programmerprogrammer Posts: 3,457member
    [quote]Originally posted by sc_markt:

    <strong>I emailed geek.com about this and got a response this morning. He said he has more info to post but is waiting for approval from his source.



    He did share some interesting info in the email. If anybody is curious, I'd suggest writing an email to geek.com.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Okay dude, you're just being cruel, plain and simple. Spit it out or PM everybody. :eek:
  • Reply 8 of 41
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,419member
    [quote]Originally posted by Jamie:

    <strong>



    And your source(s) is/are??



    J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Jamie...don't be so jaded. My source is none other than my own intuition. That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee



  • Reply 9 of 41
    blackcatblackcat Posts: 697member
    [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:

    <strong>



    Jamie...don't be so jaded. My source is none other than my own intuition. That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee



    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Happily Jobs said just this week that they not going x86 (check ThinkSecret for a great quote).



    Going x86 is a dumb idea, but there's no reason why a CPU can't have a PPC instruction set but not be built by Motorola or IBM...
  • Reply 10 of 41
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    One Funny thing about the specification of the 8500 they gave is the athlonisation : i mean ten stages pipeline like the Athlon and same amount of L1 cache : 128 K, the L2 is 512 K, but you can be sure that the next athlon based upon 0,13 fab will have the same amount of L2 cache.
  • Reply 11 of 41
    Well, something's going to arrive.



    Catch up style G4's and Mobo at New York and probably the 'G5/7500' at San Fran' next year.



    If that's the case. I'm waiting. Been waiting years...



    Might as well wait the rest.



    Hmmm.



    Lemon Bon Bon
  • Reply 12 of 41
    phishyphishy Posts: 34member
    [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:

    <strong>I know ....Apple's going X86(Hammer)</strong><hr></blockquote>



    It is time for a big move from apple on the prosumer side. For them to cut into microsoft's market share and to stay on top of technology this would be the move.



    Imagine OS X 10.2, x86 compatable and able to run power pc apps.
  • Reply 13 of 41
    nonsuchnonsuch Posts: 293member
    There was some scuttlebutt in an earlier thread claiming that a Motorola-designed successor to the G4 was killed by Apple, and that Apple's next processor would be built by IBM. This could confirm that, or at least confirm that the same misinformation is being spread around.
  • Reply 14 of 41
    low-filow-fi Posts: 357member
    Methinks the next 12 months will be very interesting with regards to the G4's successor....



    low-fi
  • Reply 15 of 41
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    [quote]Originally posted by Blackcat:

    <strong>

    Going x86 is a dumb idea, but there's no reason why a CPU can't have a PPC instruction set but not be built by Motorola or IBM...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I know, but try getting some of the 'I'm so cool because I pretend I'm important and know stuff' residents of these here forums to listen.



    Barto



    PS I think I'm going to use your post as my sig



    [ 04-26-2002: Message edited by: Barto ]</p>
  • Reply 16 of 41
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:

    <strong>



    Jamie...don't be so jaded. My source is none other than my own intuition. That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee



    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    50 cents?? You can't get a decent cup of coffee for less than £1.50 over here <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    J :cool:
  • Reply 17 of 41
    rickagrickag Posts: 1,626member
    The 85XX series may never arrive in a Mac, but I suspect it will definitely arrive in the embedded market. Just musing.
  • Reply 18 of 41
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    [quote]Originally posted by phishy:

    <strong>



    It is time for a big move from apple on the prosumer side. For them to cut into microsoft's market share and to stay on top of technology this would be the move.



    Imagine OS X 10.2, x86 compatable and able to run power pc apps. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Prosumer = a teenage kid that likes to play games and reads Ars.



    If you're talking about Professionals, then realize that Apple is doing quite well. Most of the professional AV communities are pro-Apple. If you're talking about geeks, most of them are at least interested in Apple due to OSX, and many are pro-Apple now. Really, when you look at it, there aren't many professionals who use Windows.



    Why I don't like the x86 roadmap:

    - Very uncertain future

    - Ugly instruction set means hell for EE's

    - Poor mobile capacity

    - Causes PPC group to stupidly raise pipelines, clock speeds, in order to maintain marketabiliey. Higher clock speed is not the way to go.
  • Reply 19 of 41
    bigcbigc Posts: 1,224member
    [quote]Originally posted by Splinemodel:

    <strong>



    Prosumer = a teenage kid that likes to play games and reads Ars.



    If you're talking about Professionals, then realize that Apple is doing quite well. Most of the professional AV communities are pro-Apple. If you're talking about geeks, most of them are at least interested in Apple due to OSX, and many are pro-Apple now. Really, when you look at it, there aren't many professionals who use Windows.



    Why I don't like the x86 roadmap:

    - Very uncertain future

    - Ugly instruction set means hell for EE's

    - Poor mobile capacity

    - Causes PPC group to stupidly raise pipelines, clock speeds, in order to maintain marketabiliey. Higher clock speed is not the way to go.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I agree, the way to go is bandwidth, multiprocessors and software that can use mp.
  • Reply 20 of 41
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    [quote]the way to go is bandwidth, multiprocessors and software that can use mp. <hr></blockquote>



    I've heard it said that two out of three ain't bad <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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