IBM PowerPC 970 Architecture

Posted by michael on Wednesday October 16, 2002 @04:17AM 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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Re:IBM? by mccalli · 2002-10-16 04:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Are they good or evil today?
Depends....where do you want to go today?
Cheers,
Ian
Vick's Vapo Rub.... by Anonvmous+Coward · 2002-10-16 04:36 · 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.*