PowerMac G5 Cooling/Sensor Issues?

[aswitcher]

The only thing that could happen is that IBM is only having problems producing 90 nm processors > 2 ghz, and they have a separate production line for lower clocked 90 nm processors (1,5-1,8), which isn't having the above mentioned problems.

Sorry to burst your bubble..

Thats exactly what I am hoping. Someone said a few days back that when they produce chips they test them, some are faster than others. So I hazard to say that they may have been producing quite a few sub 2GHz 90nm chips, which would be perfect for the PBs. Since heat and watts are on par or lower than the G4 (I think???) then an upgrade in new form factor is possible...but I wonder how long Apple have been actually working on the PBs new rev and how long such a form factor change would take...

 

[Telomar]

Thats exactly what I am hoping. Someone said a few days back that when they produce chips they test them, some are faster than others. So I hazard to say that they may have been producing quite a few sub 2GHz 90nm chips, which would be perfect for the PBs. Since heat and watts are on par or lower than the G4 (I think???) then an upgrade in new form factor is possible...but I wonder how long Apple have been actually working on the PBs new rev and how long such a form factor change would take...

Unfortunately the chips that are typically taken for low power form factors actually tend to be the more difficult to produce since they also lower the operating voltages.

 

[MarkCollette]

This situation is probably nothing more than since there aren't many 970FX chips, Apple is finishing the Xserve rollout, then doing the PowerMac rollout later. In the mean time, some guy probably made some offhand remark about how the sensors needed to be retuned, and it's been misunderstood and made to be some reason for the delay.

Or, it's the end of the world 😉 Bwahaaahaaaa

 

[Soire]

Y'know with all this talk of Portable updates, the PowerMac rumors have been neglected.

So what's the word, still WWDC if we're lucky? I think PB updates are gonna be like salt in an open wound to me... 🙁

 

[aswitcher]

Y'know with all this talk of Portable updates, the PowerMac rumors have been neglected.

So what's the word, still WWDC if we're lucky? I think PB updates are gonna be like salt in an open wound to me... 🙁

Well some as yet unknown reliability person claims next week

General vague hope that WWDC would be appropriate

French board rumors September / and Paris Expo is then as well

Jobs said before the end of 2004

Pessimists say January 2005 (possibly just the announcement...)

Jimmy hasn't spoken...