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Ars Technica Interviews 970 Designers

Posted by Hemos on from the talking-wtih-the-man dept.

11223 writes "John "Hannibal" Stokes has interviewed Pete Sandon, the PowerPC 970's main designer, and David Edelsohn, a compiler writer from IBM, and clarified several points about the 970 regarding group formation, vector issue queues and performance, and more. The interview is a very interesting read for anyone who has been following his earlier articles on the processor that Apple calls the G5."

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  1. Anybody else by Pxtl · · Score: 5, Funny

    misenterpret this to mean "ars interviews nine-hundred and seventy different people"?

    1. Re:Anybody else by VersatilePrimate · · Score: 1, Funny

      Phew.. I am not the sole complete idiot for thinking the same.

    2. Re:Anybody else by Just3Ws · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yep, I was wondering if any of the nine hundred and seventy designers would have had anything to say about the /. gamers section?

    3. Re:Anybody else by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 4, Funny

      I did. I just thought Ars was trying to 1-up Anantech on their 13- Motherboard CEOs interview.

  2. Whats with this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you cat fanatics? I've been sitting here on my sofa in front of a cat (a sealpoint siamese) for about 20 minutes now while attempting to get it's attention away from a bug on the floor. 20 minutes. At home, with my labrador cross, which by all standards should be a lot dumber than this cat, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

    In addition, during this attention seeking attempt, my children's attention is also held by the cat. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even trying to get the remote from my partner fails.

    I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while dealing with other cats, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a cat that fetches as much as it's canine counterpart, despite the cat's faster ambulatory system. My terrier with one ingrown toenail runs consistently faster than this siamese at times, as the cat is often completely asleep. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the cat is a superior animal.

    Cat addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a cat over other faster, cheaper, more affectionate animals.

    1. Re:Whats with this? by Zeriel · · Score: 1, Funny

      Actually, skilled cat users know that they CAN indeed be taught to fetch.

      I call user error on all cat/dog bashing posts. As a seasoned veteran of both cats and dogs, I should know.

      Okay, this is getting dumber by the sentence.

      But my cat DOES fetch.

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    2. Re:Whats with this? by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny
      Yeah, but most of the time, it's fetching half dead small furry / feathered / slimy things which flail around getting blood on your carpet and drapes until you catch it.

      You should really be less pitiful as a hunter. You're emberassing your cat.

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  3. 970 designers! by HardcoreGamer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ars Technica Interviews 970 Designers

    970 designers! Holy nerd-fest Batman! That's where Gotham's entire supply of throat lozenges disppeared to!

  4. IBM in the apple.slashdot.org section ? by peterprior · · Score: 3, Funny

    1) I never thought I'd see the day.
    2) That logo clashes like hell with the sexy aqua theme 8|

    1. Re:IBM in the apple.slashdot.org section ? by Raster+Burn · · Score: 3, Funny

      Strange... the eight bar logo lines up with the aqua-style bars perfectly.

      conspiracy!

    2. Re:IBM in the apple.slashdot.org section ? by peterprior · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't normally reply to myself, by I just thought about it further and realised that the IBM equivalent of the Imac girl would be Optimus Prime

      ..Scary stuff :|

  5. The Reality Distortion Field by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of the best quotes from the interview was from David Edelsohn: "IBM is not gonna try to compete with Apple's reality distortion field :)"

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  6. ahh, but by cliveholloway · · Score: 2, Funny
    What I want to know is, what are the other 499 server errors that happen when they get slashdotted?

    cLive ;-)

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  7. Re:I can't wait.. by SuperBanana · · Score: 3, Funny
    Windows Longhorn woth its cool 3D UI

    Lost you there. Oh, oh, MacOS X. Gotcha, sorry.

    I bet Visual Basic code runs reel fast on this baby

    Visual Basic, fast? Oh god, please...someone mod the parent up as funny, he/she deserves it :-)

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  8. Re:I can't wait.. by Mononoke · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...to see what this thing will be like running Windows Longhorn woth its cool 3D UI.
    You already can, because their R&D dept already released it. It's called Mac OSX.

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