970 Production info
Hi all,
I recieved some info from someone working on the 970 at IBM a while back. EDIT: to clarify, the info came to me a while back. The source was currently working on the 970.
Here is the jist:
-Design phase complete
-970 to start production in March
-Production to begin at 0.13um
-East Fishkill line isn't up and running well enough for it to start production there. When it is, however, the 970 will move there, and probably to 0.09nm quickly.
Obviously the key point for us is the March production date.
Just thought you'd all like to know :cool:
Can anyone else comfirm or deny this info?
[ 01-06-2003: Message edited by: Transcendental Octothorpe ]</p>
I recieved some info from someone working on the 970 at IBM a while back. EDIT: to clarify, the info came to me a while back. The source was currently working on the 970.
Here is the jist:
-Design phase complete
-970 to start production in March
-Production to begin at 0.13um
-East Fishkill line isn't up and running well enough for it to start production there. When it is, however, the 970 will move there, and probably to 0.09nm quickly.
Obviously the key point for us is the March production date.
Just thought you'd all like to know :cool:
Can anyone else comfirm or deny this info?
[ 01-06-2003: Message edited by: Transcendental Octothorpe ]</p>
Comments
Lemon Bon Bon :cool:
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Hm, okay MWNY (The Final Chapter) is too far away. Ditto for WWDC.
Well what do you know!?
National Broadcasters Association in <a href="http://www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003" target="_blank">April</a>!
Screed
<strong>More likely is that Apple has to accumulate a fair stockpile of processors before beginning production of the Macs that the 970 will go into. I still say July-Sept.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Agreed. These will sell like hot-cakes and Steve knows it.
D
<strong>They did announce the original 7450 PowerMacs (the 733MHz model) almost exactly when Motorola was ramping up production. With a two month lag, of course.</strong><hr></blockquote>But the 667 (also a 7450) was also announced at the same time, and was available sooner than 2 months. They also introduced the 7410 processor, which was available immediately in the low-end PowerMacs and the new Powerbook. That was the best keynote in memory.
<strong>You know, it'll be REALLY sad if Apple DOESN'T go with the 970.....we're all salivating at the thought with no assurance that the company is headed in that direction, as obvious a direction as it may seem.
D</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, just like when everyone thought for SURE that Apple was going to buy Be and use that OS for the basis of it's new OS. I sure remember thinking that back then. It was a shocker when they said that they had bought Next!
Who knows, maybe that will happen again and Apple will announce that they are switching over to the VIA C3 processor!
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It really fits Apple's pattern of selling you today what isn't quite available yet, and comparing future performance to current X86.
The wait is on and PM sales are all but dead. It isn't just the mac-web that's grown impatient, TV analysts have too -- not in the typical Apple's in trouble way, but rather more than once now I've read and seen main stream news asking very specifically about the status of the next processor and the "aging" G4. Mild G4 bumps won't bring the pro customers back for the top rung machines, a 1.25Ghz entry PM would sell like gangbusters for the 2-4 months in between (if priced like the DP867) and won't infringe on 3000+ PPC970 preorders. (two different customers in that range)
I think we may see (and order) if not touch a PPC970 sooner rather than later. Customers who would pay top line PM prices will wait if they're gtting something competitive.
We've heard that quite possibly Apple is sitting on iMacs for another couple of weeks to clear out inventory, I hope they eat it and choke on it, they have to have realized that machines only become less saleable as time passes.
<strong>You know, it'll be REALLY sad if Apple DOESN'T go with the 970.....we're all salivating at the thought with no assurance that the company is headed in that direction, as obvious a direction as it may seem.
D</strong><hr></blockquote>
Apple will use this chip.
Oh, and I don't know if it's the 1st or 31st of March.
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Also an interesting article about Sony using Rambus for there new playstion which will contain the IBM Cell chip...I know programmer is a big fan of Rambus technology...the article states that cell will scale down to consumer electronics and up to high end computing...if it scales up then why wouldn't this chip be viable for Apple? Plus Apple will be more and more into consumer electronics themselves by then and programming should be similar to powerpc...
I still say but too tired to go into the many reasons...Apple should port OS X to the Playstation III and sell a cheap computer upgrade kit for it...it's the only way Apple will be able to take over the lowend computing segment and increase market share by a significant amount...
Maybe I'll be able to share a little bit more info as time goes on.
Oh, anyone know what a VSP interface is?
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I've gone weak at the knees.
HOTDOG!!!
Lemon Bon Bon <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
<strong>I have new info that I, unfortunately can't share here, but suffice it to say:
Maybe I'll be able to share a little bit more info as time goes on.
Oh, anyone know what a VSP interface is?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ok, you can't say but can you hint at what is new compared to your previous statement? Like you said production in march, is that still right?