Okay, speculation then. The 970 is of the ideal physical size, is made on 300mm wafers, and they are reportedly getting good yields of high speeds (hence the 2 GHz version). This all points to good pricing.
I was just curious - if I missed something, I'd be very glad to hear. A friend and I have been kicking around an idea for a project for a while, and we had spoken to a motherboard vendor regarding PMC-Sierra's dual-core 1GHz MIPS implementation, but if the 970 is available and cheap, who needs MIPS?
Processor pricing can be very fickle though. We'll see what happens - I have a feeling IBM is very interested in working with off-the-shelf motherboard vendors for 970-based Linux systems, which could drive down pricing.
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Okay, speculation then. The 970 is of the ideal physical size, is made on 300mm wafers, and they are reportedly getting good yields of high speeds (hence the 2 GHz version). This all points to good pricing.
I was just curious - if I missed something, I'd be very glad to hear. A friend and I have been kicking around an idea for a project for a while, and we had spoken to a motherboard vendor regarding PMC-Sierra's dual-core 1GHz MIPS implementation, but if the 970 is available and cheap, who needs MIPS?
Processor pricing can be very fickle though. We'll see what happens - I have a feeling IBM is very interested in working with off-the-shelf motherboard vendors for 970-based Linux systems, which could drive down pricing.