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IBM's New Processors To Exceed 5Ghz

Posted by Zonk on from the now-you-are-playing-with-power dept.

Jordin Normisky writes to mention the news, via ZDNet Asia, that IBM's new Power6 processor will be unveiled next month at a conference in San Francisco. They're also planning to announce a second-generation Cell, both of which are expected to run faster than 5GHz. From the article: "In addition, the [Power6] chip 'consumes under 100 watts in power-sensitive applications,' a power range comparable to mainstream 95-watt AMD Opteron chips and 80-watt Intel Xeon chips. Power6 has 700 million transistors and measures 341 square millimeters, according to the program. The smaller that a chip's surface area is, the more that can be carved out of a single silicon wafer, reducing per-chip manufacturing costs and therefore making a computer more competitive. Power6, like the second-generation Cell, is built with a manufacturing process with 65-nanometer circuitry elements, letting more electronics be squeezed onto a given surface area. "

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  1. Apple by thoughtlover · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, I've never been happy with Apple's decision to start using Intel's offerings. I don't care if Intel has a roadmap for putting over 100 cores in a chip. IBM has always made a superior chip. If only IBM and Motorola didn't have such dismal shipping problems, maybe this wouldn't be the reality we now know.

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  2. Re:And here I thought... by SnarfQuest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I replace the CPU in a PS3 with the new cell, will I be able to finish a game faster?

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