the big problem apple is facing there is different to pc makers /windows
ther is a huge amount of fans still using old mac`s and updating them if possible to a new operating system ,but leopard was the last one that supported powerpc`s , but thats now at a end with the introduction of snow leopard the updating of old mac`s came to a end , so time will run out for old mac`s with no updates so we will be forced to upgrade
but i do not want a ordinary pc, and for me everything with intel and where you can run windows on without emulation is just a pc ,
i want a new powerpc
the processors are available apple would only nee to pick them up and i guess ibm would happy sell them to apple
and the new one is FAST it makes the intel i7 look like a dinosaur
the new POWER7 will have these specifications:
* 45 nm process, 567mm2
* 4.04 GHz clock speed
* max 2 chips per multi chip module
o 4, 6 or 8 cores per chip
+ 4 SMT threads per core
+ 12 execution units per core:
# 2 fixed-point units
# 2 load/store units
# 4 double-precision floating-point units
# 1 vector unit supporting VSX
# 1 decimal floating-point unit
# 1 branch unit
# 1 condition register unit
o 32 MB on-die L3 cache, shared by all cores. The cache is implemented in eDRAM, which does not require as many transistors per cell as a standard (SRAM) so it allows for a larger cache while using the same area as SRAM.
This gives the following theoretical performance figures:
* max 517.1 GFLOPS per module
o max 258.6 GFLOPS per chip
+ max 32.3 GFLOPS per core
