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Ok, I don't get it. Is this IBM Power5 thing and the the G5 the same thing?
 
No. IBMs POWER (note that its all caps) series are for high end servers. The PPC (PowerPC) 970 is based on a cut down POWER 4 with AltiVec added to it.
 
robbieduncan said:
No. IBMs POWER (note that its all caps) series are for high end servers. The PPC (PowerPC) 970 is based on a cut down POWER 4 with AltiVec added to it.

Ok, thanks.
 
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