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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."

9 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP nizzle

    1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      4h. 3y3 s33 j00r 5t1ll 4l1v3, 4l4n p4r7r1dg3!

      3xc3ll3n7. M3y3 pl4n5 r 4wl c0m1ng t0g47h3r...

  2. 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1st?

  3. Widescreen ibook anyone? by Onetrack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Low power g5 in a ws ibook, that would be so nice.

  4. Nastalgia by pHatidic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The link to the announcement looks just like my EE final. Ah memories.

  5. Motherboards by nagora · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Anyone know a decent source for PPC motherboards in the UK?

    TWW

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  6. Are you serious? "??????????" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doesn't anyone check these links before posting? What the hell is that press release which is nothing but "????????" characters? Is this even real?

  7. fuckN? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that supports the wind appeared [idge.net] to download the guys are uSuaDlly obsessed - give

  8. Re:English Press Release by Nate4D · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    `echo p e ! ^ p r ! | sed -e 's#[[:space:]]\+##g' -e 'y#raped!^#forms -#' -e 's#$#/#g'`

    It's a good thing I'm a twenty-one year old male, not a 70-year old Korean grandmother, because if I were the grandmother, the results of that sig would have dropped me on the floor from heart attack before I realized it didn't actually do anything.

    I think I've learned a valuable lesson, and pretty cheap at the cost...

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