What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Hot

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What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Hot

Posted by Hemos on Monday October 25, 2004 @03:04AM from the learn-the-basics dept.

An anonymous reader writes "58 million transistors can drive a lot of power. Apparently, Apple appreciated the choices IBM processor architects made when designing the 970 family. This article provides the 64-bit architecture big picture for the 970 family (A.K.A. the Power Mac G5) and the critical issues in IBM's 64-bit POWER designs, covering 32-bit compatibility, power management, and processor bus design."

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Circular Logic by WormholeFiend · 2004-10-25 03:07 · Score: 4, Funny

If it's so hot, maybe it's not cool enough.
What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Hot? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-25 03:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Insufficient cooling?
ob Memory by GillBates0 · 2004-10-25 03:16 · Score: 4, Funny

18 exabytes ought to be enough for anybody
-GillBates0, 2004.

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Re:What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Ho by sky289hawk1 · 2004-10-25 03:16 · Score: 4, Funny

The fan belt on its search engine doesn't drive the radiation air emission unit fast enough! SHE NEEDS MORE POWER!
Teflon underside by suso · 2004-10-25 03:18 · Score: 4, Funny

They should make the G5 powerbooks have a teflon underside.

"Turn it over, and you can cook dinner".
1. Re:Teflon underside by Reducer2001 · 2004-10-25 03:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Ah ha! The REAL cause of global warming. OC'd CPU's.
  
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2. Re:Teflon underside by NathanBullock · 2004-10-25 03:42 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Imagine the problems trying to type while your laptop keeps sliding around on your lop.
Re:The Athlon64 is very cool by strictfoo · 2004-10-25 03:26 · Score: 4, Funny

Holy fuck dude... your room temp is 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit (thank you google)?

Open a window or buy an air conditioner or something!

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Re:So sick of it by BobWeiner · 2004-10-25 03:29 · Score: 4, Funny

Obligatory PC Weenies link that fits the topic at hand.

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Re:Increased Pointer size by Myolp · 2004-10-25 03:30 · Score: 3, Funny

After reading the privous post, I somehow got to think about viagra spam... "Increase The Size Of Your Pointer Now! Buy A 64-Bit PowerMac G5 And Get That Extra Size Today!"
Re:The Athlon64 is very cool by Compact+Dick · 2004-10-25 03:40 · Score: 3, Funny

Holy Crap! You must be really roductive !
And if you were to move to my place, spelling errors would decline! ;-)

Cheers!

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Re:Increased Pointer size by SnapShot · 2004-10-25 04:06 · Score: 5, Funny

The C++ standard template library uses MAGIC PIXIE DUST and MOONBEAMS for the data structures. Java Containers, on the other hand, are held together with PURE THOUGHTS and KITTEN WHISKERS. That's how they avoid using pointers... ;-)

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Re:atoms in one universe by pclminion · 2004-10-25 05:49 · Score: 5, Funny

So, what happens if you want to use your fancy computer to model two universes?
Simple. Since we've got a computer capable of simulating the entire universe, we'll just use it to simulate a universe which contains a computer which is capable of simulating more than one universe.