PowerMac Technical Update?

[skunk]

Re: Re: NEW FROM MACBIDOUILLE

Originally posted by dongmin
This is not making me happy...

Whoa! You need to settle down and take some happy pills....

 

[Shaktai]

Re: Re: NEW FROM MACBIDOUILLE

Originally posted by dongmin
Hah, now they're back tracking! So the 970 will top out at 1.7 ghz??? Whatever happened to all the talk of dual 1.8 ghz and IBM's yields being better than expected? And the G4 will continue for another quarter??? That means we won't see the 970 until the Sept/Oct time frame? That's a big change from May, which was their original projection. Why the sudden turn of events? This is not making me happy...

Try reading the article. The poster mis-stated the information. It is the Power 4, not the 970 which is slated to hit 1.7 ghz in July. No backtracking, rather it reinforces previous speculations of the 970's potential.

With my opinion, the coming of Macintosh containing PowerPC 970 is certain. But APPLE wants to preserve the effect of advertisement.

I had confirmation that it was the low K, leSiLK material, which was at the base of new Power4+ with 1,7 GHz. They will come in July. With same material, PowerPC 970 should turn to 2,3 GHz and more.

Approximately, PowerPC 970 it is finer engraved Power4+. There is not same the exigeances reliability for this type of processor. But the more a processor is finely engraved the faster it is. The problem it is that it reaches physical limits. And it is then necessary to facilitate the passage of the electrons by using materials with low K For IBM, it is SiLK for engraving in 0,13 um. And still new material for engraving in 0,09 um.

As PowerPC 970 is engraved finer than Power4+, it will profit more from this new material. And it should reach in an immediate future 2,5 GHz as IBM announced at one time. At the end of 2003, or the beginning of 2004, it should profit from engraving with 0,09 um. And at the end of 2004, IBM will add le"strained silicon to it ". The goal is always to accelerate the mobility of the electrons. Power5+ will reach 3 then GHz. And PowerPC 970/980 peutêtre 4,5 GHz. If the reports/ratios are maintained.