Small semantic question: is it correct to call these babies PowerPC?
Aren't they really POWER chips? Why?
According to the article, yes, they are (or will be) PowerPC - they
use the PPC 970 (aka G5). The 970 was derived from the POWER CPUs,
but it's fully PPC and is more efficient power-wise than POWER as
well. :^)
Also, to ask my own question, did I hear someone say recently on this
list that IBM might use Apple chips in it's PPC machines? Or am I
confusing things? If I'm not confusing things and they _do_ use
Apple chip(s) in these or similar machines, I assume that would be
good for G5 compatibility? :^)
NRH
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