Do you think the powermac G5 should be remade, but with intel processors?

[iModFrenzy]

Thinking about the thread a different way, I do think a Intel + PowerPC G5 would’ve been a cool Mac Pro during the transition. Even though Rosetta took care of it, having a dedicated PPC processor wouldve been a cool idea then. Similar to the Xeon PCIE Co-processor(e.x PCIE G5 processor?). Would be useful to the heavy PPC users that have not had their software update to support Intel probably. Then would be phased out in Mac Pro 2,1 or 3,1.

 

[KawaiiAurora]

Thinking about the thread a different way, I do think a Intel + PowerPC G5 would’ve been a cool Mac Pro during the transition. Even though Rosetta took care of it, having a dedicated PPC processor wouldve been a cool idea then. Similar to the Xeon PCIE Co-processor(e.x PCIE G5 processor?). Would be useful to the heavy PPC users that have not had their software update to support Intel probably. Then would be phased out in Mac Pro 2,1 or 3,1.

Native Rosetta sounds awesome haha. It would've been even cooler if Mac OS X 10.4 could've been run on it as Mac OS 9 apps would be runnable on a beast of a machine! Problem would be that it'd have cost thousands of dollars

 

[AphoticD]

Now there's a thought.

Imagine this: Quad (or Dual) Core G5 Tower coupled with a PCIe "accelerator" card which could run a System-On-Chip Quad Core Intel processor with integrated GPU for 1080/4K video decoding, allowing the tower to run Intel and PowerPC code side by side in a universal environment.

A custom build of TFF could launch in PowerPC and execute Javascript/HTML5/Video via the Intel SoC.

It certainly wouldn't be impossible.
[doublepost=1504273424][/doublepost]Hah. Seems Intel already build these. Now all we need is someone to wrangle Leopard into using it!

 

[z970]

Now there's a thought.

Imagine this: Quad (or Dual) Core G5 Tower coupled with a PCIe "accelerator" card which could run a System-On-Chip Quad Core Intel processor with integrated GPU for 1080/4K video decoding, allowing the tower to run Intel and PowerPC code side by side in a universal environment.

A custom build of TFF could launch in PowerPC and execute Javascript/HTML5/Video via the Intel SoC.

It certainly wouldn't be impossible.
[doublepost=1504273424][/doublepost]Hah. Seems Intel already build these. Now all we need is someone to wrangle Leopard into using it!

That is the coolest idea I've seen on this website thus far.

By far.

 

[MagicBoy]

Xeon Phi is designed for machine learning and high performance computing simulations as a co-processor card. The PCIe version was never generally available and cost $2500+ for the cheapest version.

 

[Dronecatcher]

That is the coolest idea I've seen on this website thus far.

By far.

I've suggested it before

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/tenfourfox-38-builds…get-ready.1888836/#post-21398622

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/modern-app-development-and-powerpc.2060189/#post-24869974

 

[AphoticD]

Xeon Phi is designed for machine learning and high performance computing simulations as a co-processor card. The PCIe version was never generally available and cost $2500+ for the cheapest version.

Yes and it appears Intel also discontinued the line of cards.

I've suggested it before

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/tenfourfox-38-builds…get-ready.1888836/#post-21398622

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/modern-app-development-and-powerpc.2060189/#post-24869974

Yes, you have. Accelerator cards are a great idea. We'd just need someone experienced to make something like the Phi (but cheaper) talk Mac OS X.

Someone with access to a platform like the Raptor Talos II, POWER9, with PCIe 4.0 would have the perfect development platform for such a task.

Just a hint to the brains behind TenFourFox if he is quietly observing.