O.T.-- Interesting info about new Mac chips..

[Mt.Everest]

who knows how accurate it is though, but:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/21692.html

[KamD]

Great post!

If it is true, it will be a shot in the arm for apple. This whole gigaherz thing has hurt them, even though the G4 is a much faster processor then the gigaherz pentium. I agree, cross your fingers.

Kam

[Park Seward]

Notice the date!

*From Macworld.com http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m.../article.jhtml

Motorola and IBM Reveal PowerPC Plans.(Company Business and Marketing)

Author/s: Stephen Beale
Issue: Jan, 2000

MOTOROLA DISCUSSES FORTHCOMING POWERPC G5 PROCESSOR

As Apple, IBM, and Motorola deal with the fallout from Apple's recent downgrade of its Power Mac G4 systems (see "A Downgrade for the G4" in this section), the companies are already making plans for a new generation of PowerPC processors that will blaze at speeds of up to 2GHz.

Motorola revealed its strategy for future PowerPC processor development during October's Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, California. The company says it is currently testing PowerPC G4 processors with AltiVec technology running at up to 700MHz. Eventually, Motorola says, the G4 design will hit speeds of up to 1GHz.

Waiting in the wings is the PowerPC G5, a 64-bit chip that will also support 32-bit processing to ensure compatibility with current applications. The G5, likely to be available in one to two years at speeds of up to 2GHz, will feature an extensible architecture, making it easier to develop specialized versions of the chip. Motorola says it will also offer a G6 processor, but has given no details on planned features.

[Mt.Everest]

jan 2000--- ha, good eye...

oh well...

[Mt.Everest]

some more info:
http://macosrumors.com/

MT

[digiengineer]

Wow [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[SteveSZ]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Mt.Everest:
who knows how accurate it is though, but:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/2169 2.html<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Freakin' Awesome if it's correct <crossing fingers>!!

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[KamD]

I feel so used... They givith hope and then they tearith it away...