Looprumors news on PPC970 deliveries
From: LoopRumors.com
"We received word that two large shipments of Power PC 970 processors went to Foxconn in Taiwan, under a purchase order from Apple computer. Twenty thousand 1.4Ghz PPC 970's and forty thousand 1.6Ghz PPC 970's have already arrived in their hands. IBM's inventory contains fifty thousand 1.8 Ghz PPC 970's, of which forty thousand are destined for Foxconn tomorrow (Wednesday).
IBM has listed as pending 2Ghz parts as well, which means that it will be in inventory within a month if their fab in East Fishkill produces sufficient volumes of them, and from what we hear they should be in stock by mid-June. Applehas stated that they need a minimum of 40 thousand in order to make a production run, and from what we understand this is for dual processors because normally their production runs are twenty thousand units. It is not IBM's policy to comment on other vendor's unreleased products. We have also been briefed that the PPC 970 will come in 2.3 and 2.5Ghz configurations by the end of the year, and as well some preliminary specs on the upcoming 980 processor, which is a Power 5 derivative.
"We received word that two large shipments of Power PC 970 processors went to Foxconn in Taiwan, under a purchase order from Apple computer. Twenty thousand 1.4Ghz PPC 970's and forty thousand 1.6Ghz PPC 970's have already arrived in their hands. IBM's inventory contains fifty thousand 1.8 Ghz PPC 970's, of which forty thousand are destined for Foxconn tomorrow (Wednesday).
IBM has listed as pending 2Ghz parts as well, which means that it will be in inventory within a month if their fab in East Fishkill produces sufficient volumes of them, and from what we hear they should be in stock by mid-June. Applehas stated that they need a minimum of 40 thousand in order to make a production run, and from what we understand this is for dual processors because normally their production runs are twenty thousand units. It is not IBM's policy to comment on other vendor's unreleased products. We have also been briefed that the PPC 970 will come in 2.3 and 2.5Ghz configurations by the end of the year, and as well some preliminary specs on the upcoming 980 processor, which is a Power 5 derivative.
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*notice the XML compatible humor tag...
The Powermac will get a desperately needed speed shot in the arm, and possibly a new case design to get the attention of the media.
Does anyone know how long it takes to go from receipt of parts to fully manufactured product?
Originally posted by Gizzmonic
This is very good news (if it's true).
The Powermac will get a desperately needed speed shot in the arm, and possibly a new case design to get the attention of the media.
Does anyone know how long it takes to go from receipt of parts to fully manufactured product?
I'm hoping that since they at least know what they are getting and are just waiting for shipment that the cases are built and the boards are ready to go, just waiting for the daughtercards to be fabbed and inserted...maybe a month for the full batch?....
DP 1.6
DP 1.8
How the heck is I am supposed to show restrain and not buy the first revison?
SP 1.4
DP 1.6
DP 1.8
AND a shiny new case!
Don't kill me for being optimistic here
So what will it be:
When introduced at the WWDC:
a) PM single 1.4
b) PM dual 1.6
c) PM dual 1.8
or
A) PowerBooks 1.4 (15" and 17") with 1ghz 12"
PM single 1.6
C) PM dual 1.8
D) PM dual 2.0
And after MWSF
0) eMac 1.2 and 1.4 G4
1) iMac 1.4 and 1.6
2) PowerBook 1.4 (12") 1.6 (15" and 17")
3) PM single 1.8
4) PM dual 2.0
5) PM dual 2.3 or 2.5
( 6) PM ultra dual 2.5)
Realistic, maybe not, but it would be an d@mned impressive linup
Good-looking site, though.
I sure hope one of these sites is right, otherwise the rumor community as a whole will never be believed in again...
Originally posted by robster
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*notice the XML compatible humor tag...
Probably got lost in the shuffle cause there are more than enough 970 threads.