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PowerPC 970 Running at 2.5 GHz

Posted by pudge on from the something-you-got-i-want-it-i-want-it dept.

kuwan writes "IBM has just released a press release that indicates they have the new PowerPC 970 running at 1.8 to 2.5 GHz making it 'the fastest PowerPC so far.' IBM's original estimates were to have the chip running at 1.4 to 1.8 GHz at introduction, so this is very good news for those of us hoping Apple will use this as their next-generation chip."

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  1. LOL by benntop · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...there are lies and then there are damned lies...

    sigh, the humanity of it all...

    1. Re:LOL by t0ny · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.

      -Nick Diamos

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      Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.

  2. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PowerMac run off cow dung.

    1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by intermodal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      egad...if you're gonna troll, do it right. your cow dung thing doesn't make any fucking sense.

      --
      In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
    2. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yeah no shit, what an insult to soviet russia!
      cow dung? phhhht! :p

      russia runs off of vodka!

  3. The infamous question ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    think what a beowulf cluster of those would be like

  4. Re:Lets hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PEACE

  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. But does it run NINNLE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tell the world! Ninnle Linux is NUMBER ONE!

    1. Re:But does it run NINNLE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "H To The Izzo" Ladies and gentlemen, put our hands together for the astonishing... [girls singing] H to the izz-O...V to the izz-A... Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world The flow o' the century...oh it's timeless...HOVE! Thanks for comin' out tonight You coulda been anywhere in the world, but you're here with me I appreciate that...uuunnnh... H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA Was herbin' em in the home of the Terrapins Got it dirt cheap for them Plus if they was short wit' cheese I would work wit' them Boy and we...got rid of that dirt for them Wasn't born hustlers I was burpin' em H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Fo' sheezy my neezy keep my arms so freezy Can't leave rap alone the game needs me Haters want me clapped and chromed it ain't easy Cops wanna knock me, D.A. wanna box me in But somehow, I beat them charges like Rocky H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Not guilty, he who does not feel me is not real to me Therefore he doesn't exist So poof...vamoose son of a bitch [CHORUS] H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Fo' shizzle my nizzle used to dribble down in VA H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A Not guilty ya'll got-ta feel me H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A That's the anthem get'cha damn hands UP! Holla at me... I do this for my culture To let 'em know what a nigga look like...when a nigga in a roaster Show 'em how to move in a room full 'o vultures Industry shady it need to be taken over Label owners hate me I'm raisin' the status quo up I'm overchargin' niggaz for what they did to the Cold Crush Pay us like you owe us for all the years that you hold us We can talk, but money talks so talk mo' bucks [CHORUS] Yeah... Hove is back, life stories told through rap Niggaz actin' like I sold you crack Like I told you sell drugs...no... Hove did that so hopefully you won't have to go through that I was raised in the pro-jects, roaches and rats Smokers out back, sellin' they mama's sofa Lookouts on the corner, focused on the ave Ladies in the window, focused on the kinfolk Me under a lamp post, why I got my hand closed? Cracks in my palm, watchin' the long arm o' the law So you know I seen it all before I seen hoop dreams deflate like a true fiend's weight To try and to fail, the two things I hate Succeed in this rap game, the two things is great H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A What else can I say about dude, I gets bizzay [CHORUS] [girls singing] H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A... [4x to fade out]

  7. Re:wiggy by NeuroKoan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is probably because you have "--" in your sig, and have the "put a '--' at the begining of every sig" option checked.

    Just like me.

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    "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
  8. Intel advances, Apple falls behind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    With Intel and AMD delivering faster and more powerful processors at a rate which makes your head swim, the consequences are plain as day. Apple is hurting, its spindly financial footing sinking ever deeper into that fiscal bog of no return. Frankly, many prominent industry analysts have crunched the numbers, concluding that Apple's outlook is bleak indeed.

    In Apple's latest numbers released in January for its fiscal first quarter of 2003, revenue fell from a year earlier and all of the company's major computer lines saw diminished numbers. PowerMac sales were down 20%, while iBook sales fell 8%.

    At the same time Apple's sales were falling, PC sales rose, though just slightly, according to figures from IDC released last month.

    The last time Apple was in this state, it brought back co-founder Steve Jobs to fix its issues. He fostered the development of the iMac and secured a US$150-million investment from Microsoft. But there aren't any new iMacs in Apple's future and Microsoft, bolstered by its victory over the U.S. Department of Justice, is clearly not going to help the beleaguered computer maker this time.

    So what have you got left? Apple is a company that controls around 3% of the computer market, has recently undergone a restructuring and is slowly fading into nothingness. Software makers don't even have Mac users on their radar and it's not like Apple can bring Mr. Jobs back to right the ship this time -- he's already there.

    Stick a fork in 'em -- this Apple is cooked.