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PPC 970 Confirmed for Apple?

Posted by pudge on from the i-want-one-in-my-ipod dept.

batboy78 writes "In what perhaps is the first 'official' confirmation that IBM's PowerPC 970's will be used by Apple, BusinessWeek claims that IBM has confirmed that it's developing a new set of chips for the Mac: 'IBM says the new Apple chip will be of the 64-bit variety, which means it can process twice as much information per cycle as existing 32-bit chips.'" CT The article has been updated to make the confirmation seem... well, far less comfirming.

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  1. Before anyone argues with the "process 2x" quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Before anyone takes issue with the following quote:

    ">>>IBM says the new Apple chip will be of the 64-bit variety, which means it can process twice as much information per cycle as existing 32-bit chips.

    He didn't say twice as fast... he said that it could process twice as much information per clock cycle... he is correct with that statement.

  2. Confirmation? Speculation by mrpull · · Score: 3, Redundant
    Although Apple (AAPL ) won't talk about it, IBM (IBM ) is developing a new set of chips that Apple will likely use to replace theaging Motorola processors used in its G4 line.

    I didn't read anywhere in the article that IBM confirmed Apple will be using PPC970.

    IBM says the new [...]chip will be of the 64-bit variety, which means it can process twice as much information per cycle as existing 32-bit chips.

    Is this new news?

    mr.

  3. No confirmation, move along... by David+Leppik · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The article doesn't actually say that IBM has confirmed its new chip is for the Mac. This is just one pundit's opinions.

  4. "Official", this is not. by dr.badass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Blah blah blah, this is in no way an 'official' confirmation. Yeah, we all "know" that Apple will be using the chip, but you're not going to get any kind of authoritative confirmation any time soon.

    Just think about Apple for a minute, and you'll realize that the first 'official' confirmation will come straight out of Steve Jobs' mouth, while a giant projected image of a sleek new PowerMac comes up behind him, and everybody claps. That's just how Apple operates.

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