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erickg
Nov 29, 2004, 07:02 AM
Maybe a future chip to be implemented in the G5 lineup?

http://www.physorg.com/news2147.html

"IBM, Sony Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation today unveiled for the first time some of the key concepts of the highly-anticipated advanced microprocessor, code-named Cell, they are jointly developing for next-generation computing applications, as well as digital consumer electronics."

Multi-core 64-bit processor



Gee
Nov 29, 2004, 07:33 AM
It's for the Playstation 3 mainly, I think...

Anarchy99
Nov 29, 2004, 07:42 AM
last time i checked the cell is not a powerpc chip so it wont happen

Doctor Q
Nov 30, 2004, 02:14 AM
IBM's announcement (http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/news/2004/1129_cell1.html)