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  • Today I got my hands on some MPC8540 documentation (this is the embedded version of the G5 architecture). Until now we were not sure if the 8540 will be a 32 or 64 bit CPU, so maybe this will disappoint you a bit: the MPC8540 is a 32 bit CPU. Yes, i…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach May 2002
  • [quote]I don't know what this means, but aren't the IBM Power 4,5,6 64 bit? Correct, they are (like their precessors). The Power4 has been available for some time now, the successors are scheduled for 2004 and 2006. [quote]And don't anyone ge…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Moogs: Not being a smart ass, but what do those G5 / Book e code snippets above prove, if anything? I still haven't heard of anyone spotting an *actual* 8540 for sale in the embedded channels, much less a 7500/8500. I st…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • Some 64 bit PowerPC Book E test code (randomly taken out of test routines): + #as: -a64 -mppc64 -mbooke64 + #objdump: -Dr -Mbooke64 + #name: xcoff64 BookE tests + + .*: file format aixcoff64-rs6000 + + Disassembly of section .text: +…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • As promised a few days ago - directly from the G5 / Book E documentation, the new 64 bit instructions: There is a subset of Book E instructions that are considered restricted only to 64- bit Book E processing. A 32-bit Book E implementation need…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • I finally got the Book E Reference Manual now as well as some 64 bit PowerPC specific documentation, but unfortunaly I didn't have much time to read yet. The Book E manual alone has almost 500 pages, so it will take me some time to take a closer loo…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by tiramisubomb: The best information that was provided on future road map was released on MacCentral back in April last year when Motorola released 0.13 micron process. The G4 based 7470 and 7460 seems very logical as Mot…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • I found the following on maccentral (april 2001). Maybe this could mean that the 'Apollo7' would be ready soon, using 0.13 SOI and - eventually - a 512 kb on-die L2 cache. Adding an improved memory interface (DDR) would make such a chip a big step f…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002
  • Yesterday I had access to a document discribing the Motorola MPC7400 processor. The document was not from Motorola, but the persons that wrote it seemed to have had deep insight on Motorola semiconductor technology. Although the document was dated J…
    in The G5 and what it means for future Macs Comment by haderach April 2002