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What Makes Apple's Power Mac G5 Processor So Hot
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."
On a related note, has anyone else noticed how COOL the AMD-64 chips run?
I got my first AMD-64 last month and was assuming it would be burning hot (fast = hot, right?) - but was surprised that even under heavy load, I was able to hold my hand on the heatsink and it was barely warm.
Can anyone explain why this is?
...somebody set this thing to "evil!"
IGB: More fun than eating oatmeal!
Fast=Hot is the way intel thinks, Since athlon xp (32bit) AMD has a much more modern design. Intel just keeps up by clocking their old architecture cpu's at insane speeds hoping granpa pentium will keep up when you put his pacemaker at 220 volts.
not anymore, they decided to drop their next series of higher Ghz chips, sorry to lazy to find link
Selling software wont make you money, selling a service will.
RTFA? You must be new here .. (or me)