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Motorola to Boost 0.13-micron PowerPCs

Posted by pudge on from the speculation-premature-may-it-never-be dept.

Anonymous Cow writes "From The Register: 'Speculation that Motorola may soon cease to be a supplier of processors to Apple may be premature. The chip maker yesterday said it had successfully implemented low-k dielectric materials in its 0.18 micron silicon-on-insulator (SOI) processors, bringing an estimated 20 per cent speed bump to the PowerPC line. Motorola expects to roll out the process on its 0.13 micron chips this month...'"

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  1. Re:That's awesome! by capmilk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ghost Recon is playable on my G4/400. So where's the need to upgrade? ;)

  2. don't speed bumps ... by Potor · · Score: 5, Funny

    slow you down?

  3. This is what Quark was waiting for by chia_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good googly!
    This is what Quark has been waiting for. Now that we can zoom along at these blazingly fast new speeds, Quark will finally release the OS X version and the Mac platform will be saved.

    Hurray!

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  4. Weird Anagram by jabbadabbadoo · · Score: 4, Funny
    The following suggests that Motorola is participating in some dark cryptology conspiracy. (all lower case to avoid /.'s lameness filter :-)

    motorola processor
    otorola processor - m
    torola processor - mo
    trola processor - moo
    tola processor - moor
    tola procssor - moore
    tola procsor - moores
    tola pocsor - moores r
    tola pocor - moores rs
    tol pocor - moores rsa
    tol ocor - moores rsa p
    tol oco - moores rsa pr
    tol co - moores rsa pro
    ol co - moores rsa prot
    l co - moores rsa proto
    l o - moores rsa protoc
    l - moores rsa protoco
    moores rsa protocol

    Weird indeed... especially when condiering this one (search for RSA in the document)

  5. Re:Too little, way too late by Seanasy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I won't argue with you. But, I will trade my 800 Mhz AMD system for your TiBook. Deal?

  6. Re:20%? nothing...! by b17bmbr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bill: Steve?
    Steve: yeah, what's up?
    Bill: Saw this on a /. posting. For one, I am not going to invest in a machine that won't be able to run the operating system being released in 2-3 years
    Steve:Well, now what? Are they starting to catch on?
    Bill: More marketing Steve. Oh, and Stevie boy, less jumping please.

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  7. Re:20%? nothing...! by Kyaphas · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you'd rather encode 1.5hrs of video to MPEG-2 format before burning with a 1ghz cpu rather than a 3ghz cpu?

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