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Yet Another G5 Roundup

Posted by pudge on from the you-thought-we-were-done dept.

Lawrence Person writes "This article on Low End Mac talks about why the PowerPC 970 is so fast, covering its superiority to Intel chips in Multiply Accumulate, double precision arithmetic, and Fast Fourier Transforms, among other operations. A short, clear article for those who don't have the time to wade through Parts 1 and 2 of Ars Technica's exceptionally detailed dissection of the 970/G5." Trollaxor writes "IBM has a neat two-page history of the PowerPC architecture, detailing its evolution from the first RS/6000 chipsets in 1990, through the POWER ISA, and into the processors that we know and use today. A very interesting read."

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  1. Okay by Japer+Lamar+Crabb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I understand the excitement over these machines, so I won't get all pissy about this, but...

    Until these machines are widely available, each and every thread concerning the performance of the PPC 970 will run the risk of degenerating into a heated debate over whether the figures being offered are reliable. In other words, a flamefest.

    Don't we already have enough of those around here?

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    1. Re:Okay by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: 4, Insightful


      Hey, I'm a Mac fan, and I totally agree--while this bodes well for the future, the benefits of the G5 are clearly application specific. So until you'll be able to test it yourself, with the apps that you use, compiled with whatever they're compiled with, it's just another flamefest.

      That said--both you and I clicked the link to "Read More", didn't we?

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