PowerPC 970 Running at 2.5 GHz 719
kuwan writes "IBM has just released a press release that indicates they have the new PowerPC 970 running at 1.8 to 2.5 GHz making it 'the fastest PowerPC so far.' IBM's original estimates were to have the chip running at 1.4 to 1.8 GHz at introduction, so this is very good news for those of us hoping Apple will use this as their next-generation chip."
noo (Score:2, Funny)
So Sad... (Score:5, Funny)
-1, Troll (Score:3, Funny)
Wowie! (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, nevermind.
I'm gonna case mod my SE for this! (Score:1, Funny)
Digital Lifestyle (Score:5, Funny)
"It is ideal for very computing intensive applications, for example in the area of simulation like meterology or geological calculations."
Along with the rollout of the 970 chip, Apple will introduce two new insanely great iLife Apps: iWeather and iEarth. Now you can calculate weather patterns in your neighborhood and export the results to iMovie! Also, use iEarth's predictive powers in landscaping your front yard, planning your garden, and preventing cracks in your house's foundation.
Perfect for your digital lifestyle.
Eat that Miscrosoft!
Hopefully (Score:5, Funny)
PC == Personal Computer || Wintel architecture? (Score:5, Funny)
printf("Why do we say Mac vs PC?\n");
else if (PC == "Wintel architecture")
printf("Why confuse people with something called 'PowerPC'?\n");
else
printf("WTF?");
Easy (Score:5, Funny)
Xeon + hobby paint.
New Apple Switch Ad (Score:0, Funny)
and then like half of my post was censored.
And I was like "huh?".
He bitchslapped my posting.
It was a really good troll.
And then I had to post it again and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good.
It's kind of a.... bummer.
I'm j0nkatz and I'm a slashdot troll.
Appel == TH3 5|0W! (Score:0, Funny)
misinformation (Score:4, Funny)
- The new chip has a 54 stage pipeline, thus making it as effective as a current 700 MHz G4.
- The chip tested eliminated all ability for cache, thus allowing the speedup in clock but making it slower than all current G4s available in Apple computers.
- It is being developed as PowerPC but will be transitioned into x86.
- It will not support multiprocessing and MP applications will have to be done through a hackneyed clustering.
- This chip will help to propel Apple to 20% market share. (I'm a shareholder.)
- When worked hard, the chip gives off an odor vaguely reminiscent of shrimp flavored chips.
- The 970 is slightly faster than a Porsche 944.
Please feel free to add your own misinformation because there's not all that much real information to be discussed, anyway.
Re:Any takers? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:May Apple ISNT dead??? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah!! I can't wait to see my Quake 3 scores then! Damn I want a new game.
Re:Help (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Chip speed won't save Apple (Score:5, Funny)
And they will continue to be over and done with for several more decades, while still turning out incredible computers.
Re:Help (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So what about the old rumor about IBM chips in. (Score:3, Funny)
Well, that's the RISC you run...
Re:Easy (Score:5, Funny)
No way, man, VTEC stickers!
Re:Obligatory Questions (Score:3, Funny)
10 LET MEGAHERTZ = 600
20 MEGAHERTZ = MEGAHERTZ + 1
30 GOTO 20
Re:Easy (Score:1, Funny)
Hope the case will still fit, what with that big spoiler/wing/fin/whatever-it's-called on it.
Re:misinformation (Score:5, Funny)
in a technology leap, this cpu bypasses intel's hyperthreading technology and proceeds directly to 'ludicrous threading'. this technology allows a thread to finish a task before it was even created.
the 970 incorporates hardware acceleration for microsoft's windows media drm technology. Windows Media Player 9 Series(r): If You Struggle It Only Hurts More(tm).
unlike endothermic cpu's commonly manufactured by intel and perfected by amd, the ppc 970 uses exothermic cmos technology. it therefore requires a constant heat source to avoid freezing.
these chips use ibm's patented plutonium-on-silicon manufacturing process, and as such require a license from the nuclear regulatory commission to own.
This report caused a relationship to end! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Digital Lifestyle (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft, after several delays, releases Hailstorm XP and Terra XP for their latest operating system, Longhorn. The release announcement was done with Steve Ballmer running around the stage at TechEd 2004 screaming, "Call me daddy! I own the Earth!" Later, Bill Gates corrects Ballmer by saying, "Sorry Steve, I own the Earth!" Reports have been coming in that Scott McNealy of Sun, Larry Ellison of Oracle, and Richard Stallman of FSF all huddled up and crying.
Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, Earth blue-screened and permanently enabled copy-protection on every living person until each person forks over their soul along with $5000 per year for life support.
Re:noo (Score:5, Funny)
You can keep on bashing their 1 button mice, and expensive hardware.
Buy a $5 two button mouse from BestBuy and shove it up your ass, or connect it to a Mac.
You can bash quicktime, which is a POS compared to other formats.
Quicktime is a delivery system that can use a plethora of codecs and formats. Unlike RealScum and Wiblows Media, you can encode and decode quicktime files with various programs to provide content.
You can make fun of the dock.
You can make fun of how cheesy OSX looks.
You can if you want. I can make fun of your silly hair. Different strokes for different folks. I happen to think jagged text and rectanguar grey buttons are soooo last year.
You can bash the superdrives, which only burn on certain dvd+ram formats.
Err, hello? knock knock? Anyone home? I didn't think so. The superdrive is a drive used in PCs too - it can burn DVD-R, -RW and +RW. Moral: when there's doubt, cover all bases.
You can make fun of mac users for buying expensive software when there are plenty of free replacements.
I bow to your 37337 \/\/4r3z 5k111z, or didn't you mean that? i like to buy my software thanks, or use sourceforge/versiontracker/etc to get OSS stuff.
I also use iMovie (free) to edit movies, iTunes (free) to listen to mp3s, AppleWorks (free) to do word processing and spreadsheets, Mail (free) to send and receive email, the Developer Tools (free) to write apps for unix and OS X.
I could use iPhoto (free) to manage and edit my pictures, but I have Photoshop.
I could use iDVD (free with superdrive macs) to burn dvds, but I don't have a superdrive.
I can burn CDs from the Finder (built into the OS) but I bought Roxio Toast. I can also rip, mix and burn from iTunes (free), which I do to make CD compliations quite often.
You can bash Inet explorer and MS Office on Mac.
Yeah, bashing Microsoft seems to be popular. Don't blame Apple for Microsoft's apple software. Who uses IE on the Mac anyway? There are a plethora of faster, more standards compliant browsers for the Mac.
I found Office for Mac to be pretty good myself, but I don't have it on my iBook. I don't need it really, I just use AppleWorks (free with consumer Macs) for the odd bit of word processing.
Bash the Mac for so many things? I think you're a couple of gunmen short of a posse my friend.
Stick to Winblows, we don't need someone like you using a Mac.
US wireless phones better (Score:5, Funny)
Re:misinformation (Score:2, Funny)
At which time, Steve Jobs and Jon Ives chose the color of an apple, but were immediately served with a Cease and Desist from their own lawyers, who said they were having "a slow day".
Metallic yellow paint gives you better frame rate! (Score:1, Funny)
coincidence? (Score:2, Funny)
abcdefg - 74xx (G4)
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abcdefghi - 95xx (i5)?
imac,ibook,ilife,ical,isync,ipod
Re:?!?!?!1 (Score:3, Funny)
Easy. They updated to OS X 10.2.4
Oh, I thought you asked "I wonder how they managed to fuck up the clock so dramatically? "
Re:Lets hope... (Score:3, Funny)
Bah. I miss the days when the fastest Mac around was an Amiga running a Mac emulator.
Re:quick question (Score:3, Funny)
1. Low power consumption
2. Low heat dissipation
Laptops, on the other hand, require:
1. Low power consumption
2. Low heat dissipation
Draw your own conclusions
Uhhhh...Blaptops That's it, they're making Blaptops!!!
When you're done with mobile computing you just stick it back in the rack mount docking station.
Heh.
BSOD (Score:3, Funny)
Arrgh! The dreaded Blue Sky Of Death! Microsoft has already hit!
Re:This report caused a relationship to end! (Score:3, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
Re:US wireless phones better (Score:2, Funny)
new amiga cpu (Score:2, Funny)
Friends, I submit to you: (Score:3, Funny)
ugly as shit and expensive beyond reason.
macz suckz big time
die apple die
An excellent specimen. Succinct, to the point. If I may, allow me to draw attention to some of the more prominent features.
You see, your typical Apple Homo Trollus has a sloped brow, approximately 20% shallower than normal. Also, the knuckles are large and calloused from dragging on the ground. These two factors both work in tandem to create the keyboarding style of said troll: the lack of caps, the atrocious spelling, etc.
But more than that, the rage plays into consideration. Studies are inconclusive at this point; the theory currently in vogue points to a severe inferority complex, possibly misplaced feelings of abandonment by Homo Trollus' platform of choice.
The question as to the source of the Trollus' rage remains a mystery, however. While one would logically assume that a typical Homo Sapiens would simply ignore a computer choice that he/she deemed unsuitable, the Trollus is angred, and somehow threatened by the very existance of another choice).
In the end, we may never know what drives these poor stupid brutes to such outbursts. The only recourse is what we've always done... sedatation, and an absolute lack of 'feeding' are critical.