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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. Must have been noisy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Thats a lot of developers to interview. It must have taken forever!

  2. 970 designers? by PetWolverine · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's a lot of designers! Are they planning on making the site look a little better?

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  3. Don't their mouthes get fuzzy? by Qbertino · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I mean after interviewing 100 designers *my* voice would go hoarse. I suppose professional interviewers are a bit better. But 970 designers? Gee, my, that must be a long month of chittychat if you do an average of 30-40 interviews a day.

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  4. English!! by starlabs · · Score: -1, Redundant

    OK, for a moment there I thought they actually interviewed NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY designers and engineers.

    Next time, try using "970's designers".

    *sigh*

    1. Re:English!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

      next time read the comments before posting a comment that is so redundant it isn't even funny!

  5. Interview marathon by darthaya · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ars Technica Interviews 970 Designers, creating a new guinness world record.

    1. Re:Interview marathon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

      Most redundant. Comment. Ever.

  6. Another Apple Interview by heli0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From Digit Media Online

    DMN: Now, you're saying it's the first 64-bit desktop machine. But isn't there an Opteron dual-processor machine? It shipped on June 4th. BOXX Technologies shipped it. It has an Opteron 244 in it.

    Rubinstein: Uh...

    Akrout: It's not a desktop.

    DMN: That's a desktop unit.

    Akrout: It depends on what you call a desktop, now. These... From a full desktop per se, this is the first one. I don't know how you really distinguish the other one as a desktop.

    DMN: Well, it's a dual processor desktop machine, just like that one.

    Akrout: It's not 64, then.

    DMN: Yes, it's a 64-bit machine with two Opteron chips in it. It started shipping June 4th.

    Akrout: That we'll double check, but in my mind, it wasn't.

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