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Apple Is Buyer of New 64-Bit IBM Chips

Posted by Hemos on from the makin'-the-move-with-powerpc dept.

ohmygod2 wrote to us with a story from SF Gate that Apple, unsurprisingly, is going to be one of the purchasers of IBM's PowerPC 970. At this time, though, it's unclear where Apple is going to actually *use* said chip.Update: 10/14 15:53 GMT by H : Follow-up to Tim's story.

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  1. urr by peterpi · · Score: 5, Funny
    "it's unclear where Apple is going to actually *use* said chip"

    I predict that Apple will use the chip in a high end personal computer.

  2. Apple Employee Reads Slashdot by tunabomber · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict that Apple will use the chip in a high end personal computer.

    Wow! That's an even better idea! ...but the 64-bit iPod project is already in high gear, so we can't stop now, can we?

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    1. Re:Apple Employee Reads Slashdot by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 5, Funny
      *Gasp* My gawd, it's!....The Newton!!!.

      What other rational explaination is their?

  3. Critics by ultraslide · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Critics -- notably Intel -- argue that most desktop users have no need for 64-bit processing"

    Critics -- notably Microsoft -- have argued that most desktop users have no need for more than 640kb of memory. :-)

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  4. Re:my favorite line by Isldeur · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>Critics -- notably Intel -- argue that most desktop users have no need for 64-bit processing.

    >then to be redundant, Intel should face up to the fact that most users have no need for 2.8 Ghz processors.

    Ah Grasshopper! You've obviously never tried to compile the KDE source tree.

  5. Apple to buy, but not use by banky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cupertino, CA - Apple Computer (AAPL) is expected to buy a record number of the new "PowerPC 970" CPU, but in a suprise move, isn't expected to actually do anything with them.

    "We're doing great with the iPod, the warehouse is totally empty," said Apple VP Phil "All your Jaguar" Schiller. "Steve thought it would look more lived-in if we had some big boxes of stuff in there."

    Steve Jobs was hard at work developing a new way to mispronounce the name of the new CPU and was unavailable for comment.

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  6. Forget the cluster... by ebuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    This kind of technology can be more easily implemented by burning porn directly into ROM reducing lookup times to almost the speed of the bus.

    Apple could appeal to the hardware hackers with offers of ROM upgrades packaged in convienent easy-to-bend pinned chips using tightly machined push-down sockets. Withing months there would be a "Burn your own Porn ROM howto" and instructions on how to mill the pin thickness down to permit easy insertion!

    (puns, unfortunately, were intended)

  7. Re:Well... by PCM2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    All that it needs is the layers above it to run on PC hardware and it'll work.

    I don't think it would be too hard to do, either...

    Awesome! Get right on that...
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  8. Re:Go back to SQL school... by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 5, Funny
    DELETE FROM users WHERE userID = 170660;
    1 rows affected (0.01 sec)

    ;)