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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:IBM? by mccalli · · Score: 5, Funny
    Are they good or evil today?

    Depends....where do you want to go today?

    Cheers,
    Ian

  2. Re:IBM? by rmarll · · Score: 2, Funny

    Today is Wednsday, Sun Microsystems is evil today. IBM's days are the second and third tuesdays of every month.

  3. Re:Apple Chips by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple chips? Are those anything like banana chips? As a child I didn't like banana chips, but I slowly grew accustomed to their taste. However, I still hate them. I hope apple chips taste better.

  4. Just look at the name! by Ed+Avis · · Score: 2, Funny

    It has to be incredibly fast! How could a chip called '970' not be really quick and powerful?

    Expect to see a slightly cheaper version called the 940, and a low-end chip called the 880. Well in fact there won't be any real difference between those two chips, but you pay for the extra prestige the extra 60 gives you.

    --
    -- Ed Avis ed@membled.com
  5. Vick's Vapo Rub.... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    " In fact, some are suggesting the PPC 970 chip might be closely related to the PS3's 'Cell' processor...""

    Ah, so it runs on vapor instead of smoke?

    *wonders if anybody'll get that.*