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IBM PowerPC 970 Architecture

Posted by michael on from the to-op-or-not-to-op dept.

riclewis writes "Hannibal from Ars Technica offers an explanation of some of the internals of the new IBM chip. It's certainly more powerful than anything on the desktop now, but by the time it's released a year from now, it looks to be middle-of-the-pack (which could still be a step up for Apple...) This excitement over the early release of hardware specs kinda reminds me of all the hype surrounding the Sony's Emotion Engine when it was introduced a couple years ago. In fact, some are suggesting the PPC 970 chip might be closely related to the PS3's 'Cell' processor..."

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  1. Re:PS3 apple? by Troed · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    ... back in the days when an emulated Mac on the Atari ST was _faster_ than the Mac it emulated .. ah yes :)


    (No emulation took place, just wrapping - and the ST 68000 was clocked higher)

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  2. Re:PS3 apple? by Troed · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    On it's way.

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  3. Comparing Macs to PC's by phorm · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Indeed, it's the old arguement.

    My new Mac has a super-XXX ultrafast processor.
    Does it run my software
    Er, most of it. Those expensive custom apps won't run but I'm sure there's a Mac alternative. But enough about that, notice the fancy chrome design
    Can I play my games on it?
    Ummm, no, probably not. But hey, check the battery life on thi...
    I think I'm just going to buy a cheaper windows box and play my games, thanks anyways
    doh!

    If we had a Mac which could run all that nice windows software, or a win machine that ran more like a Mac, yes, I would be happy.
    For now, I'll be content with periodic crashes and weird errors. I can run my software and with a little tweaking 95% of it works fine.

    and my mouse has 3 buttons, I like that - phorm