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.

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Buses...

[Nexum]

Like waiting for a bus...

You're waiting for one for years (~3), and then two (970 & this) come along at once.

Conspiracy theory #9

[yorkrj]

Was the development of the 970 chip by IBM a ploy by Apple to provide Motorola with a much needed kick in the rear? Moto seems to be playing catchup with it's PowerPC line lately.

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.

Road map?

[TheAvatar666]

Since when did Moto start following road maps? :-0

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

[2nd Post!]

Playing 'hard to get' is in Apple's best interests; but it's also a good idea not to 'put all your eggs in one basket', and as such, Apple shouldn't spurn Motorola outright. 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush', and right now Motorola is a known quantity, and IBM is an unknown.

So perhaps the best course is to...

Keep Motorola
Bet on IBM
Plan around both

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

[Dark Paladin]

This makes a lot of sense, actually.

The dual-core G4's could become something of an iBook line "Look, kids - faster iBooks, low power consumption", while the 970's could still be used in a new Powerbook line. "Need to warm up your lap? You can still do that with the 970 Aluminum 15"!"

Apple would be wise to use both IBM and Motorola - that way if one causes a problem, Apple can turn to the other and say "So - what's your offer?"

Re:and this will be released when...

[simonecaldana]

> our sun goes supernova

Sun is not going to last long, rumors say it will be bought by Oracle

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

for the embedded market?

[Gizzmonic]

I think this chip is actually aimed at the embedded market, to compete with some of the newer MIPS-based CPUs. At any rate, if it's just appearing on a road map, it won't be in ANY machines for at least 2 years, and God help Apple if they are still using G4s by that time.

105 Degrees what?

[Zo0ok]

On page 5 I read "Top frequency is 1.3 GHz @ 105 degrees C".

Do they mean Celcius, or do they actually mean Farenheit? Coult they possibly mean 105C?

Re:105 Degrees what?

[TheRaven64]

It's a missprint, it's actually Kelvin. Yes, that's right, the new G4s will be so cool that they will actually suck heat right out of the room, and use it as power. That 20-30w figure is the amount of electricity it generates by this process.

Some manufacturers are going to sell blades with a G4 and an x86 chip in them taped together, with the G4 powered by the x86's waste heat...

Dual Core Motorola Chip

[kirn_malinus]

There is an article up on the register about this - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31026.html

Re:and this will be released when...

[commodoresloat]

Actually, they're going to be releasing this chip with Duke Nukem Forever pre-installed.