What happened to the PPC8500?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    jante99jante99 Posts: 539member
    The Register claimed we would have the G5 in early 2002. Obviously their sources were completly wrong. It looks like IBM will be providing Apple with new chips. The 970 is better anyway then the 8500.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    And those articles are written in 2001
  • Reply 3 of 4
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    well, technically they are correct, no? The G5 exists... but it never evolved beyond being an embedded solution. Unless we are to be surprised somehow in the near future
  • Reply 4 of 4
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    The information aquired by TheReg and MOSR was false. Very, very false in retrospect.



    The 85xx series of chips are communications CPUs. Low-performance cores with onboard controllers to save money.



    The 7500 was the mythical "G5" to be used by Apple. It was cancelled. Steve told Motorola in a that Apple would not be using the 7500*. Apple was the only safe customer for the chip. It was cancelled, probably around mid-2001. That we now know.



    Barto



    *His actual words were probably more colourful.
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