Itanium 2 for Powermacs
Is anyone hear clued up about the Itanium 2? I'm just wondering about the chances of this chip making its way into future powermacs. Having read the overview at Ars, I can see the benefits of the architechture. IA-64 is 64 bit, clean and the RISC nature (+ advanced piplelining / branch prediction) would undoubtedly lend itself well to future apple machines. The main stumbling block I can see is the cost - but this will surely drop to 'acceptable' levels in the near future.
Just a thought
Just a thought
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The Xeons still cost a fair chunk, and the Itanium2 is aimed at the Xeon's market....
Reducing the power requirements also doesn't seem to be anyone's top priority.