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IBM Officially Unveils Dual-core PowerPC Chips

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the roll-out dept.

PM4RK5 writes "Today at the Power Everywhere Forum in Japan, IBM officially unveiled its rumored dual-core PowerPC line of chips, the 970MP. Code-named Antares, these chips have been rumored to be under development since 2004. It is believed that Apple has been working with prototypes and is likely to use them in forthcoming updates to the PowerMac G5 line. The press release is in Japanese; as of this writing, IBM has not released an English version. Some of the slides from the presentation given by IBM are available. The processors pack some impressive specs, ranging from 1.4 to 2.5 GHz and including 1MB L2 cache per core; the chips also include the ability to power down the extra core when it is not needed. Alongside the 970MP, IBM also announced its low-power 970FX chips, ranging from 1.2 to 1.6 GHz, with power consumption ranging from 13 to 16 Watts, respectively."

12 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Widescreen ibook anyone? by dancpsu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why use a 13-16 Watt PowerPC chip when you can use a 27-watt Pentium M?

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    "Scientists don't change their minds, they just die." -- Max Planck
  2. Re:Market? by chazmo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or having 10,000 spoons, when all you need is a knife...

  3. They're going to be awfully hard to program by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The press release is in Japanese; as of this writing, IBM has not released an English version.

    Assembly is bad enough. I can't imagine assembly in Kanji.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
    1. Re:They're going to be awfully hard to program by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bah, you youngsters have it easy. In my day, we toggled the opcodes into memory by hand by shorting tracks on a board. All the documentation was in Linear A

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      echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
  4. Re:PowerPC by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny
    In other news, Steve Jobs made an announcement today: "Remember Apple's groundbreaking announcement about moving to Intel? Psyyyyych!!!!! Oh man I really had you guys going there....

    Hey Bill! You owe me $20!!! That's 20 years salary to a working stiff like me, so pay up, bitch!"

  5. Fine Shirt... by RobertF · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that would make a good shirt for a lass. Check out my dual processors!

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  6. 2001 called... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... they want their 2.something GHz CPUs back.

  7. Re:Widescreen ibook anyone? by zedmelon · · Score: 1, Funny
    Well, for starters, you cannot currently run Mac OS X on a Pentium M.

    Heh, for a second you sounded like that was a bad thing...

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    Mom says my .sig can beat up your .sig.
  8. Re:Babelfish says ... by Warlock7 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "...has such poor command of the English language."

    Didn't you intend to say: "...has such A poor command of the English language?

    Sheesh! Pot meet kettle. :P
  9. oh, i get it by dfghjk · · Score: 3, Funny

    because they have two boobs. funny.

  10. Re:English Press Release by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Google translation is less informative, but more fun to read.

  11. Amiga needs them! by j0kkk3l · · Score: 1, Funny

    Remenber Amiga OS 4 runs on PPC too. Once they finish the product, this will be huge.