64 bit GPUL in the Powerbook?
I know I know, lets get IBM's new hotrod in the PowerMac first, but I just want to know how the characteristics of this chip compare to a G4. I know it is faster and smaller from all the articles online, but what about heat and battery usage. The article seems to imply it improves on these things as well, if so we may have one in the Powerbook sooner rather than later.
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<strong>Later. I'd assume it'd require 90 nanometer GPUL's to be feasible.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yep,maybe even smaller, and then maybe only a single-core/somehow crippled version of it.
If ever!
Mot may suck in the desktop space, but their embedded CPUs are not bad at all. The GP-UL might never see a PB chassis (let alone an iBook!), but x (place here 7470 on .09µ, or a G3+VMX+betterFSB) might do the trick for Apple's laptop lineup.
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The PB won't be 64 bit for at least a year, I agree.