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From http://www.scee.presscentre.com/imag...etailsID=25555 SUMMARY: Cell is a breakthrough architectural design -- featuring 8 Synergistic Processing Units (SPU) with Power-based core, with top clock speeds exceeding 4 GHz (as measured during initi…
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Here are some quotes I pulled off the web about the IBM, Sony, Toshiba Cell ... Richard Doherty, director of the computer industry analysts Envisioneering, in San Francisco, says: "At first blush I think it's safe to say that it will be 10 to …
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer And I'm telling you that you are thinking about it backwards. A system-on-chip does not bring its features to one of its components, components bring their features to a system. So is CELL's primary fea…
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I think the following might be relevant as well Quote: 10.4 Creating the BlueGene/L Supercomputer from Low-Power SoC ASICs A. Bright1, M. Ellavsky2, A. Gara1, R. Haring1, R. Lembach2, J. Marcella2 and V. Salapura1 1IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY …
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Pay close attention next week, then. Vewy intewesting. At first I was like But then I thought \ I mean, "announcements" can precede release by months, if not years. Of course, that made me An…
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Since the Freescale solution is likely to be very low power and 32-bit, I doubt it will ever be called a "G5". I think the 7448 will remain a "G4". If Freescale comes out with an eye-popping 8641, I can see Apple moving to a different nomenclatur…
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Quote: Originally posted by jiggm thats a joke, a g5 in a laptop, might look somthing like this: might as well throw a handle on it and call it an electronic breifcase. Nice try jiggm, but you forgot the fans and radiator fins.
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My understanding is the implementation of the H.264 spec into Quicktime will substantially reduce the power needed to process video. You might not get "full" HD quality out of the mini, but I'd expect it to be pretty good nonetheless.
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You can buy 19" LCD displays for under $400. Given that, I'm sure Apple can sell a 19" LCD to "Apple" standards for $549. It would cost nothing to develop since LCD displays are all built around the same basic components. Even if I purchased a …
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This stackable mac is a great idea. Even if it was never the intent of Apple to create such a product, I think they'll quickly adopt the idea. To truly accomplish the task, however, I would suggest two modifications to the Mini. First, I'd …
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What's there to say? I plugged it in and it works. But I'll back up a bit. I spent, Friday, Saturday and the first part of Sunday assembling a Windows Box and putting it on my home network. Finished, I had dinner at my mother's house. I pulle…
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1. Does a process improvement merit a change in name (even as slight as 7447a -> 7447b)? I would think that no matter how much the process changed, a 7447a would be a 7447a. 2. How much of an engineering challenge would it be to bump the 74…
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So Apple has thrown in the g5 towel for the time being. I'll run with that... Development of the Powerbook g4 hinged on the availability of the 970. If the g5 was around the corner, Apple would cease development of the current Powerbook and mil…
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The only thing that makes me spend more than a few minutes on this is unspoken presence of Microsoft. The xBox, for example, wasn't a shot across the bow of Sony. Microsoft was clearly shooting for the jugular. Windows DRM? Just another attempt t…
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BRussel: I'm with you. I sat bolt upright when I read the comment. Yeah, it could've been a throw away line, but these things are pretty scripted. I don't know what Apple would do w/ Sony, but their brand images are both strong across the same…
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That's pretty much what I had in mind...I guess there's no such thing as an original idea. I googled "Airpod" and found a couple of mentions.Here is an interesting discussion of a similar device. One difference between my conception and the on…
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The OSnews article acknowledges "there is pretty much zero public data available on the project..." In other words, its fantasy. As for Altivec 2, show me where the clamor is for an improved Altivec implementation? There is none and the dream o…
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Land Rover sells (sold?) a "G4" version of the Discovery SUV. Canon sells a digital camera called the "G5" There are countless other examples. Trademark law isn't going to stand in the way of Apple's use of the "G6" moniker if they choose to so.
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It would be silly for IBM would buy Apple. Above all, Apple is focused on consumers, not corporations. But this is precisely why IBM MIGHT seek to buy and sell an Os X box. First, Apple's underlying technology is at home with consumers and orga…
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The problem with going wide-screen on a 12" notebook is that you lose too much vertical space. That's not as big a deal when you're dealing with a 15" or 17" notebook where you've got lots of pixels to play with. For surfing the net and editing do…