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--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > Subject: Re: The powerpc now and in the future.... > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:47 AM > > > On Jun 10, 2009, at 9:23 PM, tortoise wrote: > > > Also, the POWER architecture is not going away in the > least despite > > Apple being against it. > > Apple did not abandon the PowerPC...the PowerPC makers > abandoned > Apple, in favor of those game consoles and high end servers > (IBM) and > automobiles (The Chipmaker Formerly Known As Motorola). > > Macs stagnated performance-wise in the early 00's BECAUSE > neither IBM > or Motorola could (or would) produce the kind of high > performance, low > power chips that Intel was making by the boatload. Apple > didn't put > Dual CPU's into powerPC's because the technology was cool, > or at the > time, even all that greater performance...it was because > Moto and IBM > WOULD NOT MAKE the faster parts for Apple. Macs never got > beyond a G4 > in laptops because IBM WOULD NOT MAKE a low power G5. > > Neither company cared for Apple's business. The figured > that since > Apple had tied themselves to the PPC, they could let it > become a boat > anchor. What did THEY care that the personal computer > business was > mainly Intel-based. Apple was stuck right? No way would > Apple dump all > their existing code and customers to switch! Phaw! > > (Apple certainly fooled me! I was stuck eating crow > sandwiches, crow > tetrazzini, crow pot pies, and crow hash for a long time > after their > Intel announcement. I was sure they wouldn't switch, too.) > > Bluntly Apple's business for both companies was at best a > hobby, not > linked to their main line of business. > > Computer CPU chips are Intel's bread, butter and mortgage > payment. > Apple's done a hell of a lot better by Intel than they EVER > did by Moto. > > Apple's just the kind of computer company that Intel can > expect for > early adoption of their new CPU's. Apple's also the ONLY > major > customer of Intel that Intel doesn't have to pay for > advertising...no > 'Dong ding dong DING' in Apple advertising. > > This is a win-win for Intel AND Apple. > > > > Nearly every game console uses it , most of > > the world's fastest computers, and most automobiles, > and nearly all > > the unmanned space missions > > (the last two are just moving up to the G3). > > That's got nothing to do with them being PowerPC and > everything to do > with their ability to be radiation hardened. And space > probes are > still pretty evenly split between the PPC and 80486 and > early Pentium > classes (I've got a friend whose done programming for > multiple space > probes, including the oven code for the Mars Polar Lander. > A constant > headache is switching Endians, even between parts of the > same probe.) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---