CONFIRMED IBM Power PC 970

addison · October 13, 2002 7:22PM

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>;

[ 10-14-2002: Message edited by: Addison ]

zo · October 13, 2002 7:33PM

very cool stuff. Looks legit too.

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

kidred · October 13, 2002 7:36PM

So is this what we were waiting till the 15th to hear? This is the power4 'lite' so I believe it is!!

Second half of next year is gonna rock, hehehe

mr. me · October 13, 2002 8:16PM

[quote]Originally posted by Addison:

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><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.

g4dude · October 13, 2002 8:16PM

Ya I'm excited BUT this won't help make people change their views on Ghz. I mean by that time Intel will be at 5+ Ghz and Apple will have what, Dual 1.8?

leonis · October 13, 2002 8:21PM

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

Moto's PPC 7500 at 1.5Ghz top? Maybe.......

[ 10-13-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]

brussell · October 13, 2002 8:21PM

[quote]Originally posted by Mr. Me:

Please note that the linked article is embargoed until April 1st. That is April Fool's Day for those of you outside the USA.<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.

kidred · October 13, 2002 8:24PM

[quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

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

[ 10-13-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]<hr></blockquote>

I'll put it out again, a G4++ from moto with new mobo.

leonis · October 13, 2002 8:24PM

If PPC 970 is launched at 1.8Ghz top. I think the PPC 7500 G4+++ will be around 1.4-1.6 highest.

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">

[ 10-13-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]

outsider · October 13, 2002 9:42PM

1.8GHz by the end of next year? Hello, McFly! This isn't great news. I just hope it's not too little too late.

mugwump · October 13, 2002 9:58PM

It will begin production near the end of next year? Sounds like a g5 launch at MacWorld SF in January, 2004.

kecksy · October 13, 2002 10:03PM

If one 1.8GHz PPC970s isn't enough to clobber Intel and AMD, two should do the job. The 970 presumably has Altivec and a VERY high IPC. I wouldn't worry too much about the P4, although the Opteron could pose a threat.

Does anyone know if the 970 has separate or shared buses for multiple CPUs?

mr. me · October 13, 2002 10:15PM

[quote]Originally posted by BRussell:

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.<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.

bunge · October 13, 2002 10:20PM

[quote]Originally posted by Kecksy:



Does anyone know if the 970 has separate or shared buses for multiple CPUs?<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....

thunderpoit · October 13, 2002 10:31PM

wow, a truly confirmed thread??? What is this world comming to?

psst, dose anyone know if my qs 867 can be upgraded to one of these

kidred · October 13, 2002 11:50PM

[quote]Originally posted by mugwump:

It will begin production near the end of next year? Sounds like a g5 launch at MacWorld SF in January, 2004.<hr></blockquote>

Nope, we'll have it by next fall, relax.

eugene · October 14, 2002 12:00AM

2H03 doesn't mean the end of next year. It could mean as early as July 2003...

snoopy · October 14, 2002 12:04AM

[quote]Originally posted by Mr. Me:



As IBM is not scheduled to make the announcement until Tuesday, it would seem they jumped the gun by more than a few hours.

<hr></blockquote>

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.

tigerwoods99 · October 14, 2002 12:14AM

Dude, why the frick are you getting your panties up in a knot because the thing only runs at 1.8 GHz. I don't care what speed the CPUs Apple uses run at as long as they are truly faster than x86 based machines. The POWER4 chip runs at what, top speed 1.3 GHz or something? Might even be lower than the G4 for all I know, but who cares? The thing is a moster, and having a PowerPC processor that goes into Mac systems based on the same technology is killer. I think I'm gonna pee my pants come Tuesday.

LETS GO BIG BLUE

ast3r3x · October 14, 2002 12:29AM

if this is tru i think apple should buy another page of the NYtimes and instead of welcoming IBM (the did this before no?) they should put a thank you

powerdoc · October 14, 2002 12:35AM

It's seems is will wait until July 2003 to change my G3 333 in my office. This computer will rock

CONFIRMED IBM Power PC 970

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