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PowerPC 970MP Platform
What platform is there for PowerPC 970MP? Despite Apple's switch to
Intel, is there going to be a Mac based on this architecture? Are there going to be PowerPC motherboards? Or is this processor dead from a PC perspective? |
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On 21 Jul 2005 13:40:55 -0700, "stork"
wrote: What platform is there for PowerPC 970MP? Despite Apple's switch to Intel, is there going to be a Mac based on this architecture? My understanding is that yes, Apple will use this chip in their systems. They are likely to be the last new chips that Apple uses in their PowerPC based line of Macs. Are there going to be PowerPC motherboards? Perhaps a few here and there, but they are likely to be very rare and very expensive (think $1000+) Or is this processor dead from a PC perspective? For the most part, yes. IBM will almost certainly release some blade servers using this chip (follow-ups to their current JS20 servers). They may also release some workstations using this processor, though I haven't heard any announcements for it. Generally speaking though, other than the Apple systems, this chip is unlikely to be particularly useable by most average home-users. You will almost certainly be much better served by an AMD or Intel dual-core processor instead. ------------- Tony Hill hilla underscore 20 at yahoo dot ca |
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stork wrote:
What platform is there for PowerPC 970MP? Despite Apple's switch to Intel, is there going to be a Mac based on this architecture? Are there going to be PowerPC motherboards? Or is this processor dead from a PC perspective? comp.sys.powerpc.tech comp.sys.powerpc.misc |
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