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IBM announces dual core PowerPC 970 MP and low-power G5's.
Posted: 2005-07-07 05:28pm
by Praxis
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread. ... did=136515
Macrumors wrote:
Japenese sites are
reporting on the "Power Everywhere Forum 2005" conference which takes place today in Japan. IBM's presentation provides official details on the PowerPC 970MP processor which has been
long rumored. The specs appear to include (
presentation slide):
970MP
Dual core
1.4-2.5GHz
Each core has 1MB L2 cache (2MB total)
One core can be swiched off for low power operation
Also Low Power 970FX processors were described:
1.2GHz at 13W
1.4GHz at 13W
1.6GHz at 16W
An official
press release can be found (Japanese).
970MP based PowerMacs have been expected for later this year. Despite Apple's recent announcement for plans to switch to Intel based Macs, at least one or two more PowerPC based PowerMacs are due before the switch.
Awesome. Low power laptop-capable G5's and dual core G5's. Me happy.
I'm hoping Apple will decide not to 'switch' to x86 processors and retain PowerPC's (selling a dual lineup of both) if IBM can get their processors fast enough and cool enough. Of course, this is probably wishful thinking; it would work with most apps for universal binaries, but for games that are either AltiVec optimized or not, it wouldn't
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Posted: 2005-07-07 06:02pm
by SPOOFE
1.6 ghz at 16 watts? That's awesome. I'd love to see how it performs compared to the Pentium M.
Posted: 2005-07-07 06:12pm
by Praxis
It's considerably impressive when you consider that Apple is switching to Intel processors because of "performance per watt" (fanboy reaction:
).
I wonder if they'll make a dual core low power processor? Like they noted, the dual core one will switch off the second core for low power operation. I can imagine a dual 1.6 GHz system where when it's plugged into the power you get dual 1.6 GHz, and on the go you get single 1.6 GHz at 16w.
Posted: 2005-07-08 04:59am
by Mr Bean
I'm hoping Apple will decide not to 'switch' to x86 processors and retain PowerPC's (selling a dual lineup of both) if IBM can get their processors fast enough and cool enough. Of course, this is probably wishful thinking; it would work with most apps for universal binaries, but for games that are either AltiVec optimized or not, it wouldn't
The contracts have already been signed in blood and witnessed there is no turning back now.
That said I always welcome new CPU's. And these just might sneak into some low-powered devices which is always welcome.
Posted: 2005-07-08 05:29am
by SPOOFE
It's considerably impressive when you consider that Apple is switching to Intel processors because of "performance per watt"
Not entirely, if you take into account WHICH Intel processors Apple is going to adopt... not the Prescotts, but their upcoming Pentium M dual-core derivative (whatever the core is named), which is anticipated to be quite a product.
Posted: 2005-07-08 05:36am
by Tiger Ace
SPOOFE wrote:It's considerably impressive when you consider that Apple is switching to Intel processors because of "performance per watt"
Not entirely, if you take into account WHICH Intel processors Apple is going to adopt... not the Prescotts, but their upcoming Pentium M dual-core derivative (whatever the core is named), which is anticipated to be quite a product.
Yonah, after a prophet
Re: IBM announces dual core PowerPC 970 MP and low-power G5'
Posted: 2005-07-08 11:06am
by Durandal
Praxis wrote:I'm hoping Apple will decide not to 'switch' to x86 processors and retain PowerPC's (selling a dual lineup of both) if IBM can get their processors fast enough and cool enough. Of course, this is probably wishful thinking; it would work with most apps for universal binaries, but for games that are either AltiVec optimized or not, it wouldn't
.
Jobs explicitly stated that the switch was because of IBM's future roadmaps not agreeing with Apple's desires. IBM has almost zero incentive to keep their processors competitive just for Apple. With Intel, Apple piggybacks off the advancement of rest of the industry.
Posted: 2005-07-08 11:46am
by Praxis
SPOOFE wrote:It's considerably impressive when you consider that Apple is switching to Intel processors because of "performance per watt"
Not entirely, if you take into account WHICH Intel processors Apple is going to adopt... not the Prescotts, but their upcoming Pentium M dual-core derivative (whatever the core is named), which is anticipated to be quite a product.
True.
