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IBM Plans Collaboration On Power Architecture

Posted by simoniker on from the go-go-ibm-rangers dept.

TheInternet writes "According to CNET News, IBM has made a series of announcements regarding the opening-up of the Power chip architecture. The story lacks technical details, but apparently, IBM is going to divulge more information about Power/PowerPC, and expects collaboration from the industry on the future of the chip. Nick Donofrio is quoted as saying: 'We will free electronics manufacturers from the limitations of proprietary microprocessor architectures', and Red Hat and Sony are two companies listed as taking part. Power5 was also shown, as was the Blue Gene/L supercomputer, using 32 500MHz processors to achieve 128 gigaflops."

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  1. Huh? by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey, this looks like a legit article. What's up with that? But it's April 1st according to Slashdot, since it's on GMT. Maybe that will be /.s April Fools joke, no April Fools articles?

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  2. Re:ATX PowerPC by momerath2003 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "mobo"? Is that slang for motherboarder?

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  3. Re:ATX PowerPC by stephenisu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes 'mobo' is short for motherboard. Not motherbox. Cause if you interested in you your mothers box, you would be a 'mofo'

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  4. Oh great... by HaeMaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    So when does SCO sue because AIX runs on PowerPC so they must be releasing SCO Intellectual Property...

  5. why would you use PowerPC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    x86 and windows are established platforms and people and industry have put lot of time and effort in adopting them. why do you guys are interested in destroying this enormous value created with hardwork over time and replace with totally unproven vaporware system which only the geeks and use?

    Even on April 1st, you don't play such cruel jokes.

    1. Re:why would you use PowerPC by GrahamCox · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sails and oars are established propulsion methods that shipbuilders since the year dot have put a lot of time and effort in adopting them [sic]. Why are you guys with the damn screw propellors and steam engines interested in destroying this enormous value created with hard work over time and replace it with a totally unproven propulsion system that only the big shipping lines can use?

  6. Re:OK my first thought - Open CPU by 42forty-two42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see it now - Gentoo PPC. They ship you a chip fab, and you spend the next few hours doping your CPU. Of course, the system supports prebuilt CPUs, but nobody actually uses them.

  7. Triple boot by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    With that Power chip, I can forsee a future where I can build a PC that can triple boot between Windows, MacOS, and Linux!

    The next question I'd have to ask myself is what possible gain I could actually get from doing that...

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    1. Re:Triple boot by Exitthree · · Score: 3, Funny

      Use Windows for web serving, Linux for Office applications, and Mac OS for games!