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PowerPC 970 Prototype: 2.5GHz, "Fastest PowerPC So Far"
By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac
February 27th 2003
Big Blueb brings on the cavalry.
An IBM press release backgrounds the key features of the prototype PowerPC 970, Big
Blue's desktop derivative of its Power4.
The high-octane CPU is expected to be seen in Apple computers either late this year or
some time in 2004. Delivering 64-bit computing to the desktop, the 970 is destined for
IBM's Blade Servers.
The prototypes of the 970 are running at between 1.8GHz-2.5GHz. The CPU offers full
symmetrical multiprocessing, a 512KB L3 cache, AltiVec and system bus throughput of up
to 6.4GB p/s.
Analysis: The PPC 970 is sounding like everything it's been cracked up to be. Given
that it's virtually 'two processors in one', the GHz don't tell the real story. Apple
as a customer also gives IBM the incentive to produce the 970 in big numbers, and to
develop it consistently, even if Power5 and its desktop derivatives are the next major
project. It should also give IBM an ever bigger share of the Blade market, where
entrants such as Dell often equip their Blades with outmoded PIII processors. And, as
a bonus, IBM gets to dump Intel processors from its Blades, right where they belong:
in the dumpster.
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