CONFIRMED IBM Power PC 970
Here is it shipping in the second half of 2003 starting at 1.8ghz.
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/13/rtr749520.html" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/13/rtr749520.html</a>
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/13/rtr749520.html" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/13/rtr749520.html</a>
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Now we have to see what all the OFFICIAL stuff will be like.
Expect getting indoctrinated and convinced that 64bit is the COOL thing you want in a computer... forget GHz
Second half of next year is gonna rock, hehehe
<strong>Here is it shipping in the second half of 2003 starting at 1.8ghz.
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/13/rtr749520.html" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2002/10/13/rtr749520.html</a></strong><hr></blockquote>
Please note that the linked article is embargoed until April 1st. That is April Fool's Day for those of you outside the USA.
What we are going to see in Spring 2003?
There gotta be something to come before the PPC 970 comes out of door
Moto's PPC 7500 at 1.5Ghz top? Maybe.......
[ 10-13-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]</p>
<strong>Please note that the linked article is embargoed until April 1st. That is April Fool's Day for those of you outside the USA.</strong><hr></blockquote>Nah, that 12:01 Eastern time, 0401 Greenwich Mean Time. It doesn't have a day - presumably it's for Monday, and they jumped the gun by a few hours.
<strong>Now the question is:
What we are going to see in Spring 2003?
There gotta be something to come before the PPC 970 comes out of door
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I'll put it out again, a G4++ from moto with new mobo.
I know the main difference is 64bit vs 32bit....but average joes don't care
Well......to me.....that means I will have to make around round of money spending to pay for the software that really takes advantage of 64bit processors......if I want speed
Oh by the way KidRed. Why are you so sure about this???? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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Does anyone know if the 970 has separate or shared buses for multiple CPUs?
<strong>Nah, that 12:01 Eastern time, 0401 Greenwich Mean Time. It doesn't have a day - presumably it's for Monday, and they jumped the gun by a few hours.</strong><hr></blockquote>As IBM is not scheduled to make the announcement until Tuesday, it would seem they jumped the gun by more than a few hours.
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Does anyone know if the 970 has separate or shared buses for multiple CPUs?</strong><hr></blockquote>
More importantly (I think), how quickly can it scale to two or more cores? I think two cores are better than two chips, even if the two processor system is running on highly efficient busses. Of course, two chips with a nice bus architecture are better than a one core chip....
psst, dose anyone know if my qs 867 can be upgraded to one of these
<strong>It will begin production near the end of next year? Sounds like a g5 launch at MacWorld SF in January, 2004.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Nope, we'll have it by next fall, relax.
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As IBM is not scheduled to make the announcement until Tuesday, it would seem they jumped the gun by more than a few hours.
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No, the article says IBM announced the chip Monday, and someone in the new department didn't see the embargo notice. They gave us early news. Tuesday is when IBM presents the technical details of the chip at the Microprocessor Forum.
LETS GO BIG BLUE