I am looking at another powermac. g4 1ghz dual. It is supposed to have a 2mb cache all though they don't say and they are already in boxes. My question is: is the cache located on the processor or the mother board?-Jonas
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:25 PM, PeterH <peterh5...@rattlebrain.com> wrote: > > > On Mar 12, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > >> > >> But IBM, the originator of the Power Architecture, and owner of the G > >> design, certainly has multiple-cores. > > > > AFAIK the "G" designation was an Apple thing. IBM calls it Power > > something and the specific line used in Macs was the Power PC. > > > >> > >> IOW, there are "Gs" beyond G5, just not ones which Apple has > >> employed. > > The "G" designation is very much an IBM thing. > > I believe IBM is now up to G7 (Generation 7). > > To add to the confusion, IBM has Generation x Power Architecture > chips and also Generation y System/390\z/System chips. > > The first CMOS processor from IBM which I worked on was the G3 > (System/390), and that processor pre-dated the Apple G3 (Power > Architecture). > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
