msnbc.msn.com— Bucking a trend in the chip industry, IBM Corp. said Tuesday its upcoming Power6 microprocessor for servers will run at unprecedented speeds while keeping a lid on power requirements and heat.
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The whole point about Apple missed the boat may be missing the boat. It's highly possible the reasons for Apple's move to Intel was for Intel's prowess in the mobile CPU avenues. The Pentium M is far more impressive in notebooks than the desktop intel CPU is in desktops. Also, the upcoming XScale CPU will break the 1GHz barrier for handhelds, with even less power consumption than the current XScale - which would allow future Ipods to play back HD video and run serious applications. I for one do not believe Apple was all that focused on the desktop CPU relationship with Intel.
Good lord. You people are talking about this as if it were a desktop chip!? The Power series are not designed for desktops. This has nothing to do with Apple. This also has very little to do with AMD or Intel, at least in the desktop market. There's really no reason that this announcement should be sparking any kind of discussion about what we all run in your home PC and how this processor blows it away (or will when it comes out).I guess you could say that this relates to Apple in that it shows why Apple switched. IBM makes processors for servers. They just. don't. care. about Apple's tiny marketshare and they're not going to invest in R&D to desktop- and laptop-alize their Power chips anymore.
geminitojanus pwned everyone, I think.This is interesting to me (a non-programmer), but as has been pointed out, this is not and will never be a desktop chip. Try to buy even a Power4-based machine on eBay for less than a year's salary (a year's salary for me, anyway ;-)).
"Read that link. IBM didn't dump apple, apple dumped IBM"Actually, it was more a case of IBM saying "This is the chip we want to make for the market we are pursuing." If Apple wants to buy that chip, that is fine. If not, that's fine too. I'm sure the conversation between Steve Jobs and Sam Palmisano went something like this:Steve: Hi Sam, this is Steve.Sam: Hi Steve, what's up?Steve: Any chance you can make us a chip that will work well in our laptops?Sam: Sure, how many do you need?Steve: Oh, I'd say about (insert small number here).Sam: That's it? Sorry, we can't do that. Perhaps you should try using the same company we used for OUR laptop processors, Intel. They do real good work. Yeah, we liked them alot right up until the time we sold our PC business to Lenovo. Now, we just can't justify designing a brand new chip for such a small market. Give me a call if you ever need anything in a larger quantity.Steve: OK, thanks anyway.The point here is IBM made these chips for the server market and while Apple was happy to buy them, IBM was happy to sell them. IBM is more than happy to make custom chips for anything as long as the market is big enough. If you look at the next three game consoles coming out(all use IBM chips), you can see that is true. However, if their is no market, IBM is smart enough to stay away!!
link470Feb 8, 2006
wonder what Apple's thinking
diggnationdevonFeb 8, 2006
Apple didn't luck out, its still not the Intel platform
zboogFeb 8, 2006
The whole point about Apple missed the boat may be missing the boat. It's highly possible the reasons for Apple's move to Intel was for Intel's prowess in the mobile CPU avenues. The Pentium M is far more impressive in notebooks than the desktop intel CPU is in desktops. Also, the upcoming XScale CPU will break the 1GHz barrier for handhelds, with even less power consumption than the current XScale - which would allow future Ipods to play back HD video and run serious applications. I for one do not believe Apple was all that focused on the desktop CPU relationship with Intel.
radicalsatdudeFeb 8, 2006
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gotamdFeb 8, 2006
Good lord. You people are talking about this as if it were a desktop chip!? The Power series are not designed for desktops. This has nothing to do with Apple. This also has very little to do with AMD or Intel, at least in the desktop market. There's really no reason that this announcement should be sparking any kind of discussion about what we all run in your home PC and how this processor blows it away (or will when it comes out).I guess you could say that this relates to Apple in that it shows why Apple switched. IBM makes processors for servers. They just. don't. care. about Apple's tiny marketshare and they're not going to invest in R&D to desktop- and laptop-alize their Power chips anymore.
autoyFeb 8, 2006
To be released in 2007, not "IBM Unveils"! NO DIGG!
kalisphoenixFeb 8, 2006
geminitojanus pwned everyone, I think.This is interesting to me (a non-programmer), but as has been pointed out, this is not and will never be a desktop chip. Try to buy even a Power4-based machine on eBay for less than a year's salary (a year's salary for me, anyway ;-)).
ajwillysFeb 8, 2006
"Read that link. IBM didn't dump apple, apple dumped IBM"Actually, it was more a case of IBM saying "This is the chip we want to make for the market we are pursuing." If Apple wants to buy that chip, that is fine. If not, that's fine too. I'm sure the conversation between Steve Jobs and Sam Palmisano went something like this:Steve: Hi Sam, this is Steve.Sam: Hi Steve, what's up?Steve: Any chance you can make us a chip that will work well in our laptops?Sam: Sure, how many do you need?Steve: Oh, I'd say about (insert small number here).Sam: That's it? Sorry, we can't do that. Perhaps you should try using the same company we used for OUR laptop processors, Intel. They do real good work. Yeah, we liked them alot right up until the time we sold our PC business to Lenovo. Now, we just can't justify designing a brand new chip for such a small market. Give me a call if you ever need anything in a larger quantity.Steve: OK, thanks anyway.The point here is IBM made these chips for the server market and while Apple was happy to buy them, IBM was happy to sell them. IBM is more than happy to make custom chips for anything as long as the market is big enough. If you look at the next three game consoles coming out(all use IBM chips), you can see that is true. However, if their is no market, IBM is smart enough to stay away!!
vanbureneAug 8, 2008
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rondpNov 21, 2008
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