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  • Close. http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/marvin_the_martian.html
    in eWeek article on Smeagol and Q37 Comment by boots June 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Ebby WHAT!!! Come on IBM, what's with the wasted space!?! J/K you sure those aren't just data paths ? boots
    in 970 die photo Comment by boots May 2003
  • er, you might want to google for "leakage current". A gate will leak some current even when not undergoing changes of state.
    in MacBidouille posts PPC 970 benchmarks Comment by boots May 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Where did you get these (incorrect) numbers? The current 167 MHz MPX bus has a throughput of ~1.33 GB/sec and the next version of the G4 apparently supports 200 MHz (~1.6 GB/sec). The 970's bus with a 1.8 …
    in Macbidouille: 970's on sale at the end of May Comment by boots May 2003
  • I recall some concern about the Pentium IV's ALU not being as efficient clock-for-clock than the Pentium-III. That concern quickly evaporated as Intel powered up the clock speed on the P-IV. With the first low-end 970 part clocking right abou…
    in MacBidouille posts PPC 970 benchmarks Comment by boots May 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Amorph Actually, if memory serves, the IBM release that touted speeds up to 2.3GHz still mentioned a 900MHz bus. The relative clock speed design makes sense, but now that I think about it, I can't remember if it cam…
    in PPC 970 date? Comment by boots April 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Amorph They're planning to roll them out at 400MHz, 450MHz and 500MHz this June. *running* It's true, but those will be the new FSB speeds. boots
    in PPC 970 date? Comment by boots April 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Amorph: I kinda sorta see David's point, but faulting Hannibal for not taking a more holistic view in an article aimed fairly narrowly at the changes wrought by x86-64 seems to me to be tilting at windmills. It's a n…
    in Looprumors-"970 before Fall" Comment by boots March 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by ArkAngel: Just as mentioned in a post at Arstechnica where is was noted that while the G4 has been stagnent in Motos hand's Apple has had every opportunity to improve memory and FSB subsystems so that the chips it is…
    in Steve Jobs, MacIntosh Fans; Time for your medicine: Clones and Costly IApps Comment by boots January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by Rick1138: In my opinion the 970 will be part of a completely new product - the chip is far different than the G4, much faster and 64 bits. Any anouncement of the 970 will be coupled with an announcement of the 64 bit ver…
    in PowerMacs updated in late January Comment by boots January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by mooseman: ...seems iteresting that while the 970 is garnering the lion's share of attention, the fact that a 1.42GHz G4 came out on a 180nm process has escaped mention. Additonally, just last summer, Philips, Motorola…
    in 970 Production info Comment by boots February 2003
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    in New 970 Information Comment by boots December 2002