IBM road map for Apple

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Found this today, thought it was rather interesting.

IBM 9xx processor shakeup could benefit the Mac: Multiple sources have now corroborated much of our recent reports about future IBM G5/G6 processors, as well as some of the details we have not yet shared.

Among the highlights:
*PowerPC 975 - POWER5 core, 90-nanometer/11-layer CMOS process, Hyperthreading, 3GHz+ (previously planned as PPC 980)
*PowerPC 976 - POWER5 Dual Core, 65nm SSOI (Strained Silicon On Insulator) process, VMX2 instructions, 4GHz+
*PowerPC 980 - POWER6 core, 65nm/11-layer FinFET/SSOI process, VMX2, 5GHz+
*PowerPC 985 - POWER7 Dual Core, 45nm, 9GHz+
*PowerPC 990 - POWER8 Multi-Core, 32nm, 15GHz+

There is as yet no finalized delivery date for any of the above processors, as IBM is currently rolling out its initial 90-nanometer 970+ with the new Xserve G5, soon also the PowerMac G5 and later in the year the Powerbook G5. The 975 will follow roundabout September, when Apple follows through on its promise to break the 3GHz barrier within the G5's first year.

as for IBM going from 2Ghz to 3Ghz in less then 1 Year, thats pretty impressive. Looks like Apple is going to jumping on the Hyperthreading bandwagon after all.

this SSOI stuff is new to me seen some reports on this stuff not too long ago, looked pretty promising.

As for the FinFET... I have NO idea what that is.



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[Mephistopheles]

*PowerPC 985 - POWER7 Dual Core, 45nm, 9GHz+
*PowerPC 990 - POWER8 Multi-Core, 32nm, 15GHz+

That is one hell of an ambicious roadmap.

Too bad that IBM's chips end up being used for a company like Apple. And all the mindless fanaticism. G5 is the fastest personal computer on earth, oh yeah... OK, apple, you did this to your image... all by yourself... better luck and better prices next time.

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[cdpage]

Ha Ha..so true

ambicious as it might be, that was with out a time line... however, this was just added... so there is a bit of a time line now

*The PowerPC 976, the first dual-core 97x chip based on the POWER5 architecture, will probably ship in mid-2005 and will also be the first PowerPC to use the VMX2 vector ("Velocity Engine") instruction set; VMX2 will vastly increase the range of applications that will benefit from AltiVec/Velocity Engine-optimized code as well as the performance of that code. In particular, watch for Apple to tout VMX2's impressive 3D graphics performance.

*The single-core PPC 980 will be Apple's workhorse high-end processor beginning in early 2006 and variants will probably still be powering low-end Macs until nearly 2010.

*In late 2006, the PPC 985 will take over the high end of the Mac with a return to dual-core architecture based on POWER7. By this time IBM and Apple project that the cost to performance ratio of the PPC 9xx family will be no less than 5X that of any planned or otherwise likely competitor processor from Intel.

*Although processors after the 985 run so far into the future as to be impractical to speculate upon, one notable feature mentioned in internal Apple documents is "the ability to emulate Intel architectures with performance no less than 2X that of native solutions." Interesting....

looks some what possible...no?


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[addiarmadar]

Great hardware but the prices on those I might just as well as shop for a luxury car.

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