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IBM's Power5 is Coming

Originally posted by JtheLemur
... So far, Apple has NOT said that they'd use a 970, IBM has NOT said Apple is purchasing X thousands of them, and so forth.

The one thing that IBM HAS said is that the 970 tops at about 1.8GHz...
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Please. Apple and IBM are not going to announce this until they're at least almost ready to ship it.

And, as for the 1.8GHz, there have already been some reports that the 130nm 970s can be clocked up to 2.5GHz. So, they clearly are not 'topping out' at 1.8GHz.


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Originally posted by ktlx
Even if IBM executes on the PPC 970 flawlessly, IBM still has to convince people that AIX/PPC or Linux/PPC is as good or better as Linux/x86-64 for blade servers and workstations. If they are not successful, then the PPC 970 turns into a processor for Apple and the telecom market. Just like the G4.
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This will completely depend on the cost of implementation. Most Linux users that I've talk to have said that they frequently prefer to use PPC Linux because the hardware quality tends to be so much better. Beyond that, there is little difference. So, if dollar for dollar you can get an equivalent system under PPC Linux and x86-64 Linux, then there's no reason why IBM shouldn't ship exclusively PPC based servers, and every reason why they should (in house control of the main chip, etc.)


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Originally posted by Death2PCs
IF, and a big IF... apple uses this processor itll be atleast untill MWSF 04. theres no mid this year or anything.

its too big of an announcement not to do at apples biggest show.
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I really don't understand what the basis of your argument is. There is every reason for Apple to ship these new machines as soon as they can. If that meant having a special press event to announce them (a la, iTMS), then they would likely do that. Apple is painfully aware of the fact that their Pro- hardware is behind the times, and waiting for the 'biggest show' certainly isn't going to help them with that.


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Re: Re: chase one dream with another

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Uh... early 2004? Perhaps you've not been paying attention, but it seems not too far fetched that we'd see the first 970s announced in about a month, as in mid-2003. In any event, from what information there is, it seems an easy piece of reasoning that Apple will use the 970, and that IBM is ahead of schedule with it (originally projected as having production shipments around Q3 or Q4 '03). So, I'm optomistic...


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That is music to my ears, thanks! :cool:
 
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