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90nm 3GHz PPC 970FX by Summer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the flexing-your-muscles dept.

dmdimon sent in linkage to a Forbes story on the upcoming PPC chips and notes "IBM is said to be ready to deliver a new version of its PowerPC processor to Apple by the end of this year in from sizes of 130 nanometers to 90 nanometers... Apple CEO Steve Jobs has already gone on the record saying that the G5 computer will contain PowerPC chips that run at 3 GHz by the summer of 2004. A mid-step between the current systems, which top out with two chips running at 2 GHz, and systems with chips as fast as 2.6 GHz would be a logical move come January..."

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  1. You know a women didn't come up with this idea... by phaetonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    where smaller is better.

  2. Apple by KoolDude · · Score: 5, Funny


    wow... with this Apple will be dying much faster ! ;)

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  3. Re:Sweet by rupert2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you haven't already started saving, its probably too late.

  4. Unofrtunately... by Guano_Jim · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new G5 chips will require 1.21 jiggawatts of power to operate effectively.

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  5. Re:speed by scrod · · Score: 5, Funny
    Does anyone even care about the leetness of their speed with Apple stuff?

    Yeah, I'm willing to bet that the people who make 80 million dollar movies with them do. Your friends who encode Simpsons episodes into DivX don't count, sorry.
  6. This year!? by dema · · Score: 4, Funny

    ready to deliver a new version of its PowerPC processor to Apple by the end of this year

    So, within the next week? (:

  7. Re:speed by SlamMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd answer, but I'm busy working on a documentary in Final Cut.

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