... chip from IBM, the PowerPC 970 processor would likely force the ...

... the notion that as the 970 is a high performance CPU ...

... would make sense that the 970...could...in time, be ... unit is AltiVec compatible - PowerPC 970 has already "taped out", parts ... expected - if Apple adopts the 970, 32-bit applications can run ... chip from IBM, the PowerPC 970 processor would likely force the ...

IBM quoted 1.4 GHz chips as existing. When technical documentation appears my guess is the bus will look like the GX bus except with a 4:1 clockspeed to bus speed ratio instead of 3:1. Oh and the PPC 970 will be double pumped.

... the VMX unit on the 970 is divided into two seperate ... don't know if the 970 divides its vector instructions into ...

... . BTW: I noticed that the 970's VMX unit isn't ...

... . "BTW: I noticed that the 970's VMX unit isn't ...

... the raw performance of the 970 is impressive if its minus ...

... been speculated that a 1GHz 970 was twice as fast as ... one will know until the 970 ships and runs some actual ... would suspect a 1.8GHz 970 with the bandwidth being bandied ...

... it fairly clear that the 970 is not an only child ... issued a statement about the 970 being the first in a ... and lower power than the 970, and be 32 bit. That ...

... and lower power than the 970, and be 32 bit. That ... longer term - a die shrunk 970 at 1.2 GHz or ... max G4 and the minimum 970, why stick another chip in ...

... than the 1.2 GHz 970. We may see an IBM ... hand-coded SIMD code. The 970 does well on SPECfp because ...

... speeds are extrapolated. The PowerPC 970 is probably locked at 4x ... speeds: 533MHz, 666MHz, 800MHz. PowerPC 970 (ApplePI?) Bus speed is 1 ...

... posted by Barto: The PowerPC 970 is probably locked at 4x ... speeds: 533MHz, 666MHz, 800MHz. PowerPC 970 (ApplePI?) Bus speed is 1 ...

... scales lineraly between 7455 and 970, but RC5-crunching isn't ... added bandwidth in 970 doesn't show here. PPC 970 @ 1.8 ...

... scales lineraly between 7455 and 970, but RC5-crunching isn't ... added bandwidth in 970 doesn't show here. PPC 970 @ 1.8 ... a dual-config the PPC 970 mac should be 7(!) times ...

I wonder how much 970 chips will cost.

... has plans to use the 970 in some Linux workstations and ... chip versitile, it makes the 970 much easier to market to ...

About the 970's bus... Here is what ...

... . We can hope that the 970 will allow the software to ...

... nice article on the PPC 970, for those of you who ... and multiprocessor abilities of the 970): "If the P4 takes a ... wide and shallow approach, the 970's approach could be characterized ... deep. In other words, the 970 wants to have it both ...

... generation of computers. The PowerPC 970 inherits technology from the POWER4 ... -end Unix servers. The PowerPC 970 will run at clock speeds ... the end-user of the 970 in one of IBM's ...

Well then, here is a picture of the IBM 970 boxes being tested. Note the XRAID (minus a few HD) in the upper left of the picture. Hopefully these are not the boxes the 970 will ship in.

According to this PDF ,the next processor in the 9xx line is due in 2004. It would stand to reason that the 970 is very nearly ready for release in early-spring 2003.

[quote]Originally posted by Bigc: Well then, here is a picture of the IBM 970 boxes being tested. Note the XRAID (minus a few HD) in the upper left of the picture. Hopefully these are not the boxes the 970 will ship in. Dude! You kill Me!

... a picture of the IBM 970 boxes being tested", and the ... Apple may not get the 970, but instead a 9XX (you ...

... stand to reason that the 970 is very nearly ready for ...

Question: On the IBM PowerPC roadmap, there's still this .13, RIO, 1Ghz+ chip with SIMD. Is that the 970? Or is that some revision of the G3 with altivec that people are always talking about.

... with SIMD. Is that the 970? Or is that some revision ...

... around the same time as 970 and in production late 2003 ... with SIMD. Is that the 970? Or is that some revision ... . That chip = next G3. The 970 is different again as is ...