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  1. Information about the ColdFire by Mark+Evans · · Score: 1 · on Linux Ported to ColdFire

    Here's a link to information on the ColdFire processor. It's basically a 68K core targeted at the embedded market.

  2. Be is another scam by dadams · · Score: 1 · on Gassee Challenges OEMs

    I think that between motorola's G3 docs, apple's hardware technotes, diagrams, and pinouts, open firmware, and the fact that G3 isn't an entirely new computing paradigm, that Be could support it, with little cost, if they wanted to. I mean, it's not like the G3 is some crazy new CPU with all sorts of kooky features, it's just a 603 with some fast cache. And Apple's desktop G3s aren't terribly different from any of their other computers either.

    That being said, I also think Jobs doesn't like Gasse.

  3. For those of you that are getting (stalled) by Fudge.Org · · Score: 1 · on PPC Motherboards at last
    In case you are getting (stalled) when following the URL in this article. MTX604-070 7-PCI Slot Embedded ATX Motherboard

    MTX combines the industry standard ATX form factor with PowerPlus Architecture. The MTX604-070 provides flexibility with the enhanced payload of six 32-bit PCI slots and one 64-bit PCI slot, plus a shared ISA slot. The board incorporates the PowerPlus Architecture which includes: dual 333 MHz PowerPC 604 processors, 512KB L2 cache, up to 1GB of DRAM, 1MB of boot flash, 8MB user flash, 8KB NVRAM/RTC, and a watchdog timer function. The board provides increased connectivity with fast wide SCSI, dual 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet, and Super I/O functions.

    MTX604-070 targets communications, industrial automation, and simulation applications with an exciting combination of processor power and connectivity. click for image

    Mmmm... yummy.

  4. For those of you that are getting (stalled) by Fudge.Org · · Score: 1 · on PPC Motherboards at last
    In case you are getting (stalled) when following the URL in this article. MTX604-070 7-PCI Slot Embedded ATX Motherboard

    MTX combines the industry standard ATX form factor with PowerPlus Architecture. The MTX604-070 provides flexibility with the enhanced payload of six 32-bit PCI slots and one 64-bit PCI slot, plus a shared ISA slot. The board incorporates the PowerPlus Architecture which includes: dual 333 MHz PowerPC 604 processors, 512KB L2 cache, up to 1GB of DRAM, 1MB of boot flash, 8MB user flash, 8KB NVRAM/RTC, and a watchdog timer function. The board provides increased connectivity with fast wide SCSI, dual 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet, and Super I/O functions.

    MTX604-070 targets communications, industrial automation, and simulation applications with an exciting combination of processor power and connectivity. click for image

    Mmmm... yummy.

  5. Go to the Source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Meet Max, the G4 PowerPC processor


    Motorola Document Beware, it's a 1.2MB PDF file.

    /. seems to mung that URL. The link is: http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/teksupport/teklibra ry/presentations/PPC-P-Public_Ver-990108 .pdf
    only with no extraneous spaces. No spaces at all, in fact. Augh!

    Anyway:

    The diagram on page 22 shows that both the system bus and backside bus are still 64-bit. The 128-bit bus is (for now) restricted to the L1 caches (page 28).

    MERSI stands for Modified, Exclusive, Reserved, Shared, Invalid (page 27).

    It is pin-compatible with the 750/G3 processor (page 29).

    Estimated performance is 18 SpecInt95 and 16 SpecFP95 at 400MHz with 2MB of 200MHz cache and a 100MHz system bus (page 31). That's healthy, but not astounding.

    It's interesting to compare the die photo (page 24) with the QED RM7000. About 3/4 of the RM7000 die area is cache compared to 1/4 of the G4. The RM7000 delivers 14 SpecInt95 and 16 SpecFP95 at 300MHz using about 5W of power. But the RM7000 doesn't have a vector unit.

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