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Quote: Originally posted by Powerdoc I agree with you. Dual SMT processors are on the way. Scaling up CPU frequencies become harder and harder : getting a 30 % bonus of performance is something of value. The die size of the PPC 970 FX, is small…
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Some time ago I read a lengthy discussion on the topic and it included a proper explanation. I have completely forgotten it, however, so I can't provide any direct evidence. The editor of the Microprocesso…
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Quote: Originally posted by PB Someone please clarify, but I am not sure that overall performance will scale linearly when both the processor and the bus take a 50% increase. Well, no, performance won't scale lineraly. Hopefully Apple will t…
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Quote: Originally posted by frankny212 When I try to watch the stream of the live coverage of WWDC Quicktime connects but after 3 seconds I get the spinning beachball and that's it! Any suggestions? Help? I have DSL and have the Powerbook G4..…
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Quote: Originally posted by I, Fred Why would Apple put all of their eggs in one basket? Don't you think they learned their lesson? Apple will keep Motorola chips in their lineup to keep the money flowing into Motorola so they can play them off…
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Quote: Originally posted by dfryer I believe that licensing QNX would require a) a lot of re-writing, because the BSD-like components have been modified to integrate with the Mach-like components and b) it would eliminate the possibility of an op…
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Quote: Originally posted by Barto You refer to a system with a seperate memory and system controller. This is impossible. A system controller is the chip which links the CPU and Memory and to other devices in the system. Hence, it is the "system"…
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Quote: Originally posted by Barto Also, the northbridge is NOT the memory controller, he who speaks of matters beyond his knowledge. Barto But the memory controller is part of the North Bridge. Check out the first two links, both …
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Quote: Originally posted by Barto For an architectually different low-end and high-end Power Mac, you would need 2 distinct chipsets. This is what some people here are proposing. This is not a good idea, as it would probably be cheaper just to ha…
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Quote: Originally posted by Barto You really WANT me to get a stroke from your posts, don't you moki? Anyway, I seriously doubt we will see a two-teir architecture from Apple. With Yikes!, Apple took the G3 architecture and slapped a G4 i…
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I can think of one reason why Apple are building large quantities now for a release in, say, late August to September. They don't want to sacrifice margins to air freighting machines over the pacific. Given that it takes 3(?) weeks to get stuff …
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer The larger address space is most of the story. The 64-bit integer registers aren't really a big deal. Most heavily numeric applications will use double precision floating point -- it is typically faster an…
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Quote: Originally posted by Matsu [B]Where's the statement from IBM that commits/guarantees the 970 will be cheaper than a G4? I highly doubt it. /B] Well, it won't be cheaper than the 1GHz and lower chips, which are plentiful. But the …
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Quote: Originally posted by Shaktai Well I've been posting my thoughts a bit more then usual already, so might as well post my thoughts on this. The new Power Macs will be powered by IBM's 64 bit PPC 970 processor, otherwise known to Apple M…
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Quote: Originally posted by Barto It's even more dramatic in Australia 12" Combo $3999 > $3099 12" Superdrive now $3499 (forget what it was before) 15" Combo $3799 15" Superdrive $4899 (wtf?) 17" Superdrive $6999 > $6299 12" Comb…