[Cadaver]

Link

From IBM's website:

The dual 64-bit core PowerPC970MP™ (970MP) is the next evolutionary step in the PowerPC 970 family of microprocessors. The higher frequency grade versions of the 970MP consume higher amounts of power than earlier IBM microprocessors do, and that can cause temperature issues. Each 970MP processor core contains a thermal diode used to monitor its operating temperature. The thermal diode must be monitored to ensure that the maximum operating temperature of the 970MP is not exceeded. These thermal diodes used by the microprocessors are unique to the PowerPC architecture and cannot be ‘read’ using standard thermal diode monitoring chips. This paper will discuss the characteristics of the diode and outline the struc-ture of a thermal diode monitoring circuit used to monitor the temperature of the microprocessor’s cores.

Should be interesting...!

[Pierre B.]

Where have you been ? Link.

[Crusoe]

struc-ture

Who wrote this, Pauly Shore?

Good news for those who need the power.

My next power machine will be an iMac in tangent with my 1Ghz Powerbook.

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Pierre B.:
Where have you been ? Link.

That thread was (is) based on speculation based on some screenshots of software that may or may not be real.

This press release is the first confirmation by IBM that the processor exists anywhere outside the design lab.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally posted by Cadaver:
That thread was (is) based on speculation based on some screenshots of software that may or may not be real.

This press release is the first confirmation by IBM that the processor exists anywhere outside the design lab.

Where have you been ? Link.

BTW, the CHUD software screengrabs were most definitely real. It was freely available and publicly released. You could have simply gone to MacUpdate yourself to download them. (You can't anymore though, since Apple has since pulled that version.)

IBTL +1