Motorola to Have Rapid I/O in All Future Processors

Anonymous Cow writes "This PDF from Motorola states that all future processors from Motorola will have rapid I/O (page 32). Further down (page 34) it claims that that Motorola has got a dualcore PPC processor in development. No launch dates are given." It also notes that they could achieve 3+ GHz, without significant increase in power consumption.

Comments

Nice Healthy Competition

[Coyote67]

This is certainly good news for the ppc crowd. Competition never hurts and imho is one of the major reasons ppcs never overtook x86s. If the new motos can perform as promised, apple could find space in their product line for them, maybe we'll see moto based ibooks/powerbooks and ibm based tower systems.

and this will be released when...

[Luxviaest]

our sun goes supernova with Moto's track record. Seriously folks, when was the last time Moto actually followed their roadmap?

Motorola sees the writing on the wall

[SensitiveMale]

First motorola removed all macs from their offices.

Then they basically fuck Apple and all mac users by ignoring G4 development for years.

Apple finally gets pissed enough and goes to IBM for their processors.

Motorola finally learns how important the G4 processor is to their bottom line after posting enormous losses year after year.

IBM values a steady profit and their business practices show this.

This is a smokescreen from motorola to try and keep Apple's business.

I hope Apple tells them to fuck off.

Re:Motorola sees the writing on the wall

[clifyt]

That would be a nice sentiment, other than stats showed that the clone market didn't increase sales of mac capible machines and meant losing a large source of their income from folks buying their 'Macs' from other companies -- and then having to play support when the clones didn't work the way they should have ruining the reputation of Apple.

Either way, Mot wasn't selling any more chips...

Re:Motorola sees the writing on the wall

[rgraham]

Well, Apple's hands aren't clean either. They axed the clone market upon which clobbered demand (or at least the prospect of future demand) for their chips. If I was Moto I'd be pissed too.

Yes and no. The problem with the Mac clones is that they weren't increasing the overall number of Mac sold, but were instead taking away from Apple's sales.

Motorola was damn near the death of Apple

[SengirV]

Yawn. Why work on the G4 now Motorola? You've gotten this far with putting zero effert into it.

Here is the real roadmap:
1. Apple busts their hump working with IBM to get the 970 out the door.

2. Apple pays lipservice to Motorola until the entire line transitions to 970, 980, etc...

3. The second the entire line is free of the anchor known as Motorola's G4, Apple blasts Motorola for their ineptitude.

Will the total $ gained/lost by IBM/Motorola mean all that much to either company? No.

Will IBM's commitment to Apple help Apple? YES.

Did Motorola's stepping on their dicks for so long hurt Apple? YES