Yes!!! Yes!! Yes!!!!!!!
http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/3q02/wwdc-622.html
[14:12] <iPalindrome> ONE MORE THING
[14:12] <iPalindrome> Shows the screenshot of the leak on the Apple web site
[14:12] <iPalindrome> Reaction to specs were
[14:12] <iPalindrome> 1. too good to be true
[14:12] <iPalindrome> 2. it's true
[14:12] <iPalindrome> 3. it's brilliant marketing on apple's part
[14:13] <iPalindrome> delivering today the world's fastest PC
[14:13] <iPalindrome> Chip
[14:13] <iPalindrome> System
[14:13] <iPalindrome>
roduct
[14:14] <iPalindrome> O
[14:14] <iPalindrome> M
[14:14] <iPalindrome> F
[14:14] <iPalindrome> G
[14:14] <iPalindrome> NEW TOWARS!!!!1
[14:14] <iPalindrome> Partnership with IBM
[14:14] <iPalindrome> G5 is the name
[14:14] <iPalindrome> == Eat it motorola!
[14:14] <iPalindrome> It is a 64-bit processor
[14:14] <iPalindrome> World's 1st 64-bit desktop processor
[14:14] <iPalindrome> Runs 32-bit apps natively with no problem
[14:14] <iPalindrome> Runs at up to 2 GHz
[14:14] <iPalindrome> Fastest 64-bit processor ever
[14:15] <iPalindrome> 1 GHz front side bus
[14:15] <iPalindrome> Fastest fgront-side bus ever
[14:15] <iPalindrome> Built for full symmetric processing
[14:15] <iPalindrome> Designed for dual processors
[14:15] <iPalindrome> Entirely new architecture with industries highest bandwidth
[14:15] <iPalindrome> Massively parallel
[14:15] <iPalindrome> 12-unit core
[14:15] <iPalindrome> 215 in-flight instructions where the G4 is capable of 16
[14:16] <iPalindrome> optimized altivec with precision design
[14:16] <iPalindrome> 2 double prcision FUP
[14:16] <iPalindrome> 2 fully symmetric integer units
[14:16] <iPalindrome> 2 load-store units
[14:16] <iPalindrome> Massive branch-prediction logic
[14:16] <iPalindrome> I don't know what it does -- predicts branches
[14:16] <iPalindrome> It's a good thing
[14:16] <iPalindrome> New generation architecture
[14:16] <iPalindrome> IBM has done a phenomenal job
[14:16] <iPalindrome> WOrld's most advanced chip fabrication
[14:17] <iPalindrome> 130 nm process
[14:17] <iPalindrome> silicon on insulator
[14:17] <iPalindrome> 8 layer copper interconnects
[14:17] <iPalindrome> 38 million transistors
[14:17] <iPalindrome> 58 million that is
[14:17] <iPalindrome> 300 mm 12-inch wafers
[14:17] <iPalindrome> 130 nanometer that is
[14:17] <iPalindrome> Build it in a 3 billion state-of-the-art facility in Fishkill, NYH
[14:17] <iPalindrome> Built in the USA
[14:17] <iPalindrome> Close-up shots of the PPC 970 including pics from the thread in MAC
[14:18] <iPalindrome> Mac Ach that is
[14:18] <iPalindrome> All robots building them
[14:18] <iPalindrome> John Kelly III SVP of Technology Groups at IBM is onstage
[14:18] <iPalindrome> Dr. John E. Kelly, III:
[14:18] <iPalindrome> Great day for apple, developers and customers
[14:19] <iPalindrome> How did we catch up and pass the competition in one giant step?
[14:19] <iPalindrome> Went to IBM and took the core out of the Power4 and brought it down into the 64-bit desktop processor
[14:19] <iPalindrome> 2 GHz, 1 Ghz bus
[14:19] <iPalindrome> most advanced 130 nanometer tech
[14:19] <iPalindrome> gate length of under 50 nanometers
[14:19] <iPalindrome> 13 angstroms in the gate
[14:19] <iPalindrome> *Applause*
[14:19] <iPalindrome> == my hands hurt
[14:20] <iPalindrome> Only IBM in partnership with Apple can produce this kind of technology
[14:20] <iPalindrome> This is only the beginning
[14:20] <iPalindrome> IBM spends $5 billion annualy on R&D
[14:20] <iPalindrome> There are hundreds of IBM scientists working on the next generation of processors
[14:20] <iPalindrome> == IBM may be publishing a road map
[14:20] <iPalindrome> SJ:
[14:21] <iPalindrome> We've been wating a long time for this
[14:21] <iPalindrome> Been working with IBM for a couple of years on it
[14:21] <iPalindrome> SYSTEM:
[14:21] <iPalindrome> G5 system Controller
[14:21] <iPalindrome> WOrld's fastest ASIC
[14:21] <iPalindrome> ponit to point architecdture
[14:21] <iPalindrome> dedicated bahdnwidth to main memory for each subsyswtem
[14:21] <iPalindrome> Apple designed
[14:21] <iPalindrome> State of the art IBM fabrication
[14:21] <iPalindrome> == sj islayin out the system architecture on the screen
[14:22] <iPalindrome> 8 GBPS OF BANDWIDTH
[14:22] <iPalindrome> When you add to processes
[14:22] <iPalindrome> Indepdendent busses
[14:22] <iPalindrome> 16 gbps of bandwidth
[14:22] <iPalindrome> p2p interfaces
[14:22] <iPalindrome> No slowdown from 2nd processor
[14:22] <iPalindrome> 400 MHz 128-bit DDR Memory
[14:22] <iPalindrome> 6.4 Gbps of bandwidth
[14:22] <iPalindrome> == slowdown is now the RAm
[14:22] <iPalindrome> AGP 8x pro grpahics
[14:22] <iPalindrome> 2 GBps of bandwidth
[14:22] <iPalindrome> Latest chips from NVIDIA and ATI
[14:23] <iPalindrome> Power for PRO cards
[14:23] <iPalindrome> I/O:
[14:23] <iPalindrome> 133 MHz PCI-X
[14:23] <iPalindrome> 2 GB ps of bandwidth
[14:23] <iPalindrome> HyperTransport interconnect
[14:23] <iPalindrome> 1 133 MHz 64-bit slot
[14:23] <iPalindrome> 2 100 MHz 64-bit slots
[14:23] <iPalindrome> Storage:
[14:23] <iPalindrome> Latest tech standards
[14:23] <iPalindrome> Serial ATA
[14:23] <iPalindrome> 1.5 Gbps of bandwidth
[14:23] <iPalindrome> Independent interface to each drive
[14:23] <iPalindrome> Apple designed i9/o chip
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Hypertransport interconnect
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Rest of the I/O
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Firewire 400 and 800
[14:24] <iPalindrome> USB 2.0
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Gigabit Ehternet
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Airport Expreme
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Blue tooth
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Optical digital audio
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Beginning of a whole new generation of architecture?
[14:24] <iPalindrome> !
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Single or dual processors available
[14:24] <iPalindrome> Upto 8 GB of RAM
[14:24] <iPalindrome> What so much RAM?
[14:25] <iPalindrome> G5 is a monster in terms of bandwidth
Expansion may have fallen victim to cooling issues. It looks like the design was optimized to get air in and out as fast as possible. I was joking with a colleague before I saw the design saying it might look like a '68 Camaro with a blower. I wasn't too far off. 
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