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IBM is making multicore 3.2GHz PPCs
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Real Xbox 360s are showing up at preview events now. Look at what they have in them:
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
- 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
- 2 hardware threads per core
- 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
- 1 MB L2 cache
Now, is there any reason we can't get some PowerMacs with dual 3-core PPCs?  IBM's making the chips already!
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I wouldn't want these chips in a Power Mac. Just because they're PowerPC doesn't mean they're G5s. There are a million PowerPC variants out there, and very few of them can rival the G5 clock for clock. This is not one of them.
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Originally Posted by Lateralus
I wouldn't want these chips in a Power Mac. Just because they're PowerPC doesn't mean they're G5s. There are a million PowerPC variants out there, and very few of them can rival the G5 clock for clock. This is not one of them.
Dude, sweet! How's the iMac?
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If this *isn't* the PPE core from CELL (or at least very closely related) I'll be deeply surprised.
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I kind of doubt there's much related to Cell in there, since the Cell architecture is hugely different (even if it uses PPC technology).
"There are a million PowerPC variants out there, and very few of them can rival the G5 clock for clock. This is not one of them."
Hm, if that were a bet, I would take it. My guess is that this 3-core processor screams.
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Originally Posted by MindFad
Dude, sweet! How's the iMac?
Don't know yet, it is *supposed* to ship to me tomorrow according to ExperCom.
I'm definitely stoked though. Though, I'm not sure which I'm more giddy over: The iMac itself or the AirPort Express I got with it. 
Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock
I kind of doubt there's much related to Cell in there, since the Cell architecture is hugely different (even if it uses PPC technology).
"There are a million PowerPC variants out there, and very few of them can rival the G5 clock for clock. This is not one of them."
Hm, if that were a bet, I would take it. My guess is that this 3-core processor screams.
Read.
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock
I kind of doubt there's much related to Cell in there, since the Cell architecture is hugely different (even if it uses PPC technology).
The PPE is straight PowerPC, the SPEs use a specialized vector ISA. Is that what you meant?
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