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| | PowerPC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | PowerPC is largely based on IBM's earlier POWER architecture, and retains a high level of compatibility with it; the architectures have remained close enough that the same programs and operating systems will run on both if some care is taken in preparation. | | | PowerPC processors have been used in many products, among which are the following: Apple Macintosh post-68k models (called PowerMacs), IBM RS/6000 UNIX workstations, Cisco routers, Amiga post-68k models (called the AmigaOne), Amiga "Classic" accelerator boards, Pegasos, the Nintendo GameCube video game console, and many embedded systems such as the TiVo personal video recorder. | | | They rewrote the essential pieces of their Mac OS operating system for the PowerPC architecture, and further wrote a 680x0 emulator which could run the remaining parts of the unrewritten OS and 68K based applications. |
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| | creativepro.com - Details Emerge on IBM's PowerPC 970 Chip |
| | The big differences between the PowerPC 970 and IBM's PowerPC 750 family -- known to Mac users as G3s -- are that the PowerPC 970 includes a vector processing unit, a far deeper instruction pipeline, far higher clock speed, a high bandwidth memory bus and, most importantly, 64-bit processing. | | | Sandon said that IBM has a 64-bit version and a 32-bit version of Linux running on the PowerPC 970 in the lab. | | | The PowerPC 970 brings a Single Instruction Multiple Data processing unit to IBM's side of the PowerPC house. |
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| | Throughout this investigation of the 970 I'll be comparing the chip to Intel's P4 2.8 GHz Northwood and Motorola's MPC7455 (a.k.a. | | | Apple, of course, is the obvious customer for the 970, and as I'll discuss in a moment IBM's newly announced chip would fit well with their general needs and direction. | | | It is definitely true that a comparison between the 970 and the upcoming Opteron would be much more apples-to-apples than the current project, and in fact such a comparison seems like a no-brainer. |
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http://arstechnica.com/cpu/02q2/ppc970/ppc970-1.html
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| | alphaWorks : Full-System Simulator for IBM PowerPC 970 : FAQs |
| | The IBM Full-System Simulator is a software application that emulates the behavior of a PowerPC 970 computer system. | | | In order to use the IBM Full-System Simulator for PowerPC 970 and to follow the processor's execution sequence, you should be familiar with running computer simulations and with the PowerPC instructions. | | | The IBM Full-System Simulator for PowerPC 970 requires users external to IBM to agree to all necessary license agreements in order to use the simulator. |
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| | The New Apple Core: IBM's PowerPC 970/G5 |
| | Finally, the PowerPC 970 resembles AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64 in being a 64-bit CPU that offers seamless compatibility with existing 32-bit software (of course, PowerPC rather than x86 software). | | | The interface between CPU and memory is perhaps the PowerPC 970's biggest advance from its predecessor. | | | To tame this beast for desktop duty, IBM removed one of the processor cores and the L3 controller and trimmed the Level 2 cache to 512K, accompanied by 96K of Level 1 cache (32K for data and 64K for instructions). |
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| | Geek.com Geek News - IBM hypes PowerPC 970 |
| | PowerPc 970 in an IBM linux desktop is where I think we are headed and I think along with Apples machines it may just dent Intels market share...and a dent of that market is worth a fortune. | | | The PowerPC 970 is expected by many to end up in Macintosh computers in late 2003 when it arrives. | | | IBM has published a Web page with some pictures of the PowerPC 970 and a nice summary of information. |
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http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Dec/bch20021226017922.htm
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| | Apple - G5 Processor |
| | And to get at that data, the PowerPC G5 features a speedy 1.35GHz frontside bus for each processor, offering a staggering 21.6-GBps throughput on dual 2.7GHz PowerPC G5 systems. | | | Apple collaborated with IBM to leverage this industry-leading design for the G5, combining an optimized Velocity Engine with a new superscalar, superpipelined execution core that supports more than 200 simultaneous in-flight instructions. | | | Switches store the instructions that the PowerPC G5 ultimately processes in its execution core. |
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http://www.apple.com/g5processor
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| | alphaWorks : Full-System Simulator for IBM PowerPC 970 : Overview |
| | The IBM Full-System Simulator for PowerPC 970 enables development teams both within and outside IBM to simulate a PowerPC 970 system in order to develop and enhance application support for this platform. | | | As an execution-driven, full-system simulator, the IBM Full-System Simulator has facilitated the experimentation and evaluation of a wide variety of system components for core IBM initiatives, such as the STI Cell and the IBM PERCS projects. | | | The IBM Full-System Simulator has been developed and refined in conjunction with several large-system design projects built upon the IBM Power Architecture. |
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http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/systemsim970?open&ca=drs-aw&S_TACT=105AGX21&S_CMP=AWRSS
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| | Geek.com Geek News - IBM's 970 CPU may have difficulty competing |
| | P4s art still faster than the 970 on the benchmark test and it is just a fact that AMD which do not carry old baggage are more capable than Intel. | | | It is therefore unlikely that the 970 will be able to transform the landscape of desktop, workstation, or server computing. | | | Now imagine a dual powerpc 970 setup with an even more reasonable price than the dual G4 machines, using a 900Mhz FSB and altivec, eventually running on a 64-bit version of OSX. |
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http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2002Dec/bch20021217017801.htm
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| | IBM to unleash new PowerPC chip CNET News.com |
| | One of the biggest parts of a transition to the PowerPC 970 for Apple or any other customer will involve adapting software to take full advantage of the new capabilities. | | | The new chip might prove a boon to Apple Computer, which could use it to substantially narrow a growing performance gap with the PC world--PC chips will run at 3GHz by the end of the year. | | | It will also be able to handle both 32-bit software, the current standard on desktops, and 64-bit software, used on high-end servers. |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961862.html
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| | Ace's Hardware |
| | The PowerPC 970 features a 64-KB instruction cache and a 32-KB data cache. | | | The PowerPC 970 can dispatch five instructions (including one branch) per cycle, and can issue up to eight instructions to the execution units per cycle. | | | These level 1 caches are backed by a 512-KB unified L2 cache. |
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http://www.aceshardware.com/read_news.jsp?id=60000475
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| | Marvell: Press and Investor News |
| | As the first in a new family of high-end PowerPC processors, the chip is designed to manipulate data in larger, 64-bit chunks and accelerate compute-intensive workloads like multimedia and graphics through specialized circuitry, known as a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) unit. | | | The Discovery 970 is software compatible with the existing Marvell system controllers helping to preserve customer software investments while accelerating development cycles. | | | The Discovery 970 system controller integrates several I/O peripherals on-chip, including Gigabit Ethernet, PCI-X bridges, storage functions and DDR memory interface. |
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| | IBM Announces PowerPC 970 Blade Server |
| | That could be a blade server based on the 64-bit Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices, or it could be a blade based on the 64-bit Itanium 2 "Deerfield" processor from Intel. | | | In any event, on infrastructure workloads or jobs that have a big numerical component, even the slower PowerPC 970 should be able to give a Xeon DP processor a run for the money. | | | If anything, IBM should be able to get even faster PowerPC 970s into the BladeCenters. |
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http://www.itjungle.com/breaking/bn111103-story01.html
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| | IBM Readies Dual-Core PowerPC |
| | Though no data on planned processor speeds for the PowerPC 970MP were available, IBM documents suggested that hardware and software optimizations would make this processor more efficient in many computing situations than two separate processors at the same clock speed. | | | IBM's Microprocessor division is readying a dual-core version of its PowerPC 970 processor, called the PowerPC G5 by Apple Computer Inc. According to sources, the new chip, code-named Antares, will make its way into workstations and servers sometime next year. | | | Sources said IBM may start production of the PowerPC 970MP in early 2005, so the race for the first dual-core desktop computer looks to be an open field. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1627892,00.asp
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| | Momentum PowerPC 970 Products |
| | Momentum Computer is the first to offer this IBM computer chip on a processor board for embedded systems and high-performance computing applications. | | | Maple-D is what IBM will be using to enable customers to use the PowerPC 970FX. | | | Continuing acces to our update server, supporting the latest soft-copy versions of all information included in the 970 Evaluation package. |
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| | Power Architecture downloads and documentation: Cell Broadband Engine resources on alphaWorks |
| | The technology is an execution-driven, full-system simulator that lets development teams simulate a 970 system for their purposes. | | | The IBM Full-System Simulator for the PowerPC 970 now supports the Linux console. | | | It is a tool for efficient mapping of Message Passing Interface (MPI) tasks to the IBM Blue Gene/L Supercomputer (read more about the Task Layout Optimizer in a previous Downloads and documentation article). |
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| | EETimes.com - Processors begin 64-bit push |
| | Whatever the answer, the 970 would give Apple Computer Inc. a chance to deliver high-performance 32-bit systems that could later be upgraded to full 64-bit computers. | | | Analyst Brookwood noted that the 970 represents a return to the Mac market for IBM after a two-year lull. | | | Both the IBM and Intel parts are being made in 130-nanometer CMOS on 300-mm wafers. |
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| | IBM Eyes Big Year for Linux on PowerPC |
| | The 64-bit IBM PowerPC 970 powers Apple's so-called "world's fastest personal computer," the G5 and the popular digital video recorder TiVO uses PowerPC 403GCX. | | | Governor discussed how IBM is optimizing its Linux systems by bundling its infrastructure software, such as DB2, on its platforms. | | | Jollans told internetnews.com one of the reasons 64-bit Linux on Power is so attractive is its compatibility with 32-bit systems and said IBM feels comfortable about its position versus Intel or Sun. |
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| | IBM: PowerPC G5 to Go Mobile |
| | IBM's PowerPC 970 family of microprocessors has quietly become a rarity in the computing world: a one-size-fits-all architecture used for notebooks, desktops and even low-end servers. | | | According to officials of IBM Corp., the technology for a notebook version of the PowerPC G5, a k a the PowerPC 970 series of processors, may be at hand. | | | The 970FX's design is more efficient than the older PowerPC 750FX, part of the G4 family of processors. |
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| | MacSlash PowerPC 970 Running At 2.5 GHz |
| | By the time a 2.5GHz 970 makes it into desktop machines, sometime in the middle of 2004 if we're lucky, Intel will be running their major revision to the Pentium4 core at well over 5GHz. | | | But the 970 employs much more than frequency to answer the demands of high-performance computing customers. | | | With the introduction of the PowerPC 970, IBM has taken PowerPC performance to new heights. |
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http://www.macslash.org/articles/03/02/27/1927255.shtml
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| | Mac OS Rumors :: The Original Mac Rumor Site. |
| | Apple may shift the branding of its consumer-oriented operating system to "Mac OS Xi" and branch off a Professional version that runs on a broader range of hardware at additional cost....similar to Mac OS X Server, for example, with pro-specific optimizations and a healthy heap of bundled Pro applications. | | | Already, sources in the third-party processor upgrade industry are suggesting that dual-dual-core upgrades may be possible for owners of previous-generation dual G5's. | | | Apple continues to issue new 10.4.4 seeds to beta testers and developers, with the new version -- which will finally bring the PowerPC and Intel versions of the OS into full synch -- slated for release around year's end. |
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| | Wired News: Xbox to Switch to PowerPC |
| | At least one industry analyst thinks the choice may be the first crack in the so-called "Wintel" partnership that has dominated the computer industry for decades. | | | However, IBM spokesman Scott Brooks said IBM's "family of processors" are all PowerPCs. | | | Doherty said IBM chips will now power all the major game consoles -- the next-generation PlayStation will be based on IBM's The Cell, and Nintendo currently uses the PowerPC in the GameCube. |
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| | IGM: PowerPC 970: A "G4-Killer"? |
| | As the PPC 970 makes it 's way to towers and XServe (64-bit OS X making it to the XServe first), the G4 systems will finally have room to grow in MHz (as to not eclipse the Pro systems). | | | the G5 is essentially a quantum improvement over the G4 embedded-style processor, while the 970 is an improvement in that it's designed for the desktop/server/workstation first and foremost... | | | They could well increase in cost to a point where the iMac with uprated G4's (and faster mainboard architecture), while not as fast, would be more of a value for those not needing the overkill. |
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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1950
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| | IGM: PowerPC 970 Prototype: 2.5GHz, "Fastest PowerPC Ever" |
| | Apple as a customer also gives IBM the incentive to produce the 970 in big numbers, and to develop it consistently, even if Power5 and its desktop derivatives are the next major project. | | | Posted by Greg on 02/27/03 1:36 PM "the PowerPC 970 is billed by IBM as a "lite" version of its own Power4 CPU, a design created for high-end server applications. | | | Delivering 64-bit computing to the desktop, the 970 is destined for IBM's Blade Servers. |
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| | MacSlash IBM PowerPC 970 Dissected |
| | And by the time a 2.75GHz 970 makes it into desktop machines, sometime in the middle of 2005 if we're lucky, Intel will be running their major revision to the Pentium4 core at well over 6.2GHz. | | | Also, the second processor on Intel systems does not lend as much of a performance increase as a second PPC970 is expected to (based on the detailed info in the arstechnica dissection) for Apple. | | | by the time IBM comes out with the 1.8GHz chips 970, Intel will be at 4GHz. |
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| | IBM introduces dual-core PowerPC 970 chip |
| | The fancy chippery is likely to be slipped into a Power Mac G5 before long and could well be the last blast IBM has on an Apple platform before all Macs have Intel inside them. | | | And should you be doing nothing more than sending a few emails and reading the processor-friendly INQ, you could shut down one of the cores, placing it a 'doze' state and just use one. | | | IBM says that each of the two 64-bit PowerPC 970MP cores has its own dedicated 1MB L2 cache, resulting in performance more than double that of the PowerPC 970FX. |
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| | Geek.com Geek News - IBM unveils dual-core PowerPC 970 |
| | Despite Apple's decision to abandon IBM's PowerPC processors in favor of Intel's x86 processors (see our previous coverage), IBM has continued to develop its PowerPC line, introducing the latest model, the dual-core PowerPC 970MP, at a Power Everywhere forum in Japan. | | | If the new machines allow you to avoid supporting two machines, of course the new machines would offer substantial savings. | | | Apple chose Intel instead of AMD because chip shortages have been Apple's limiting factor for most of the last decade. |
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| | PowerPC 970 goes dual-core - TechSpot News |
| | Despite of the fact Apple announced a few weeks ago they were switching from PowerPC to Intel processors, the move is expected to take at least a couple more years, making the new dual-core processors a logical step forward for upgrading its existing line of Power Mac G5 and iMac G5 systems. | | | Additionally, each core includes a storage subsystem with 1MB Level 2 cache, making the chips twice as efficient as IBM's current 970FX PowerPC G5 processors. | | | The 64-bit chips, code-named Antares, contain two processing units per chip, each with their own execution core and Level 1 cache. |
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| | alphaWorks : Power and Frequency Scaling for the IBM PowerPC 970 : Overview |
| | Power and Frequency Scaling for the IBM PowerPC 970 is an emerging technology solution that demonstrates a power management implementation for the PPC970FX and CPC925 bridge chips on the Maple-D PPC970FX Evaluation platform running Linux. | | | They work with product teams to develop new product concepts, and they have backgrounds in low-level system hardware and software design. | | | Power and Frequency Scaling for the IBM PowerPC 970 |
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| | IBM launches dual-core PowerPC 970 chip |
| | Additional details about the Power ecosystem can be found at the Open Power Project website, where developers can sign up for shell accounts on IBM PowerPC servers. | | | Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced last month that Apple would switch to Intel, citing Intel's stronger processor roadmap and processing power-per-Watt. | | | The dual-core 970MP has 1MB of L2 cache for each core, and clocks from 1.4 to 2.5 GHz. |
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| | Intersil PowerPC Solution ISL6563 for 970 |
| | The design has completed validation testing to the IBM PowerPC 970 requirements of <±50mV variation of the 1.2V V | | | Integrated 2-phase Power Management Solution for the PowerPC 970 has been validated as Ready for IBM Technology | | | Intersil has designed a solution that meets all the required IBM PowerPC 970 specifications, so that customers can easily implement a power management solution without having to do a unique power design. |
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http://www.intersil.com/IBMPowerPC/RFIT/ISL6563for970
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| | powerpc 970 - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com |
| | Blade, PowerPC 2.2 GHz, Processors Qty: 2, 120 GB Maximum Storage, 1024 MB DDR SDRAM, Storage Controllers: DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 1... | | | Blade, PowerPC 2.2 GHz, Processors Qty: 2, 80 GB Maximum Storage, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, Storage Controllers: DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 1,... | | | Blade, PowerPC 1.6 GHz, Processors Qty: 2, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, Max RAM: 4 GB, Max Processors Qty: 2, RAM Technology: DDR SDRAM |
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| | G5 |
| | IBM PowerPC 970, termed by Apple Computer the "PowerPC G5". | | | The "Group of Five" countries — see Group of Seven. |
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| | Analysts: Dual-Core PowerPC G5s Due for Apple |
| | Apple Computer Inc., in turn, could use the two chips to refresh its high-profile Power Mac desktop and PowerBook mobile computer product lines. | | | You've got that at AMD [Advanced Micro Devices Inc.] and Intel [Corp.] these days and it would be very natural to adapt the 970 chip to that." | | | Click here to read more about new dual-core offerings from Intel. |
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| | Third party PowerPC 970 mobo for sale |
| | The ATX board is designed in conjunction with IBM Micro and will be used to support the PowerPC 970FX. | | | Partners include Terrasoft, Cool Innovations, and Clustermatic's LinuxBIOS, which is designed for large scale high performance computing clusters. | | | The web site said that this mobo will be the official 970FX reference design. |
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| | Wired News: IBM Promises Muscle for the Mac |
| | Big Blue is being equally cautious about revealing its own 970 system plans, but analysts say the chip could provide the basis for an IBM Linux system. | | | Current G4 CPUs can issue three instructions per cycle; the PowerPC 970 will issue eight. | | | The 970 will also support symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), which means that multiprocessor Macs should become more common. |
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| | Think Secret - IBM to release first PowerPC 970 blades |
| | In the past, IBM has projected PowerPC 970 blades at speeds ranging from 1.8 GHz to 2.5 GHz. | | | Updated Sources said that IBM is on the verge of releasing the first of its PowerPC 970-based "blades." | | | One IBM source said that there no technical reason why the blades could not run Mac OS X, but other contacts pointed to Apple's special ROM, which makes it impossible. |
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| | IBM Discloses 64-bit PowerPC Details |
| | "Our goal in designing the PowerPC 970 was to enable (symmetric multiprocessing) while still supporting 32-bit code with a high level of performance," said Peter Sandon, senior processor architect within the PowerPC organization at IBM Microelectronics. | | | IBM has taken its high end Power4 architecture—which, for servers, combines several processor cores on one chip—and reduced it down to a point where it can fit inside a desktop computer. | | | The PowerPC 970 is actually not the first 64-bit PowerPC architecture; Motorola announced the PowerPC 620 in 1998 as one of the first PowerPC implementations. |
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| | PowerPC Linux for Desktop, Workstation, Server, and HPC Clusters. |
| | PowerPC Linux for Desktop, Workstation, Server, and HPC Clusters. | | | Yellow Dog Linux v4.1 beta is now available from YDL.net, with an improved feature set worthy of celebration. | | | The way a PowerPC HPC cluster node should be. |
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| | Mac Rumors: IBM's 90nm PowerPC 970FX... at 2.5GHz? |
| | This 25% increase in clock rate will not soon be matched by Intel or AMD. | | | More details should emerge as IBM presents information on the 970FX at | | | The article, however, appears to be entirely speculative based on what little information is presently available on the PowerPC 970FX. |
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| | User Guide - IBM PowerPC 970FX RISC Microprocessor User's Manual |
| | It begins with an overview followed by detailed information about the PowerPC 970FX. | | | Details include the programming model, storage subsystem, exceptions, memory management, performance, signal descriptions, bus interface operation, power and thermal management, performance monitor and system design. | | | This manual defines the functionality of the PowerPC® 970FX RISC microprocessor. |
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| | IBM's hybrid CPU--do you need it? - TechUpdate - ZDNet |
| | "While supporting 64-bit computing for emerging applications," the last paragraph of the press release states, "the PowerPC 970 also provides native support for traditional 32-bit applications, which can help preserve users' and developers' software investments." That kind of pandering to TCO will always raise an eyebrow. | | | So, while the PowerPC 970 could do a world of good for Apple (especially for the Xserve), Intel already has the 64-bit side covered with Itanium 2--and could very well nudge the low-to-midrange 32-bit market with its soon-to-arrive Hyperthreading Pentium 4s. | | | Consider as well: "The design also supports symmetric multi-processing (SMP)," the press release continues, "allowing systems to be created that link multiple processors to work in tandem for additional processing power." Now you have ROI added to the pot. |
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