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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. IBM? by SpanishInquisition · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are they good or evil today?

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    Je t'aime Stéphanie
  2. Just imagine by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a Microsoft
    Cluster of these.

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    Karma: The shiznight, mostly because I am the Drizzle.

  3. PEOPLE PEOPLE CALM YOURSELVES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lets ask the obvious here:

    DOES
    IT
    RUN
    LINUX?

    please dear god i hope it does so i can run a pedal powered beowulf cluster on an 802.11b networking for developing GPL software.. me being an Linux sysadmin and all

  4. Apples and oranges by gnillort · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "...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...)"

    As has been well-documented, Macs perform just as well as Windows machines. The slower clock speed of PowerPC compared to Intel is made up by the lack of code bloat is Mac OS compated to Windows. Also, PowerPC and Intel/AMD are two different types of processing, so they can't really even be compared.

  5. All trolls be warned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The underpants gnomes are preparing to sue for copyright violation. That is correct, the underpants gnomes copyrighted the
    1. step one
    2. ????
    3. profit!

    long ago. You have been warned.

    1> steal underpants!
    2> ?
    3> profit!

  6. Re:PS3 apple? by jfedor · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So, where's the Xbox emulator for the PC?

    -jfedor

  7. cmon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have on off those here...

  8. jareddispatch.com doesn't WHOIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    or's that just to lure us into your goatse link?

  9. Ars Technica by BitGeek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Slashdot quoting Ars Technica, as if it were a source, is like third graders quoting comic book heros.

    Except that third graders are expected to be at that level of maturity, while slashdot purports to be a society of engineers.

    The average slashdot reader who's job is watching over a bunch of linux boxes to make sure they are doing their job, and who has no design responsibilities, can only program with scripting languages and doesn't understand basic processor architecture is not who we should turn to for analysis of the new IBM chip.

    But that person would STILL Be more qualified than the average Ars Technica writer.

    Ars Technica- The technical education of a 13 year old girl, the attitude of a 16 year old boy and the FUD orientation of Microsoft.

    Let the FUD begin.

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    Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257