P.A. Semi's flagship product before they were acquired was the PWRficient processor, a PPC dual-core 2.0GHz processor that only consumed <4W power.
I even contacted them for information on an evaluation kit (too bad it was $1495!) The PowerPC and POWER lines will live on - I'm just hoping Apple will still be part of the PowerPC program, even in an embedded market... On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Liam Proven<[email protected]> wrote: > I think PAsemi's strengths lie in fast multicore RISC. I think the ARM > has lots of potential that current implementations, aimed mostly at > cellphones, aren't exploiting. I suspect Apple will turn PAsemi over > to making very fast, maybe multi-gigahertz, multicore ARM chips. > Things that can scream along on mains power and also tick along on a > tenth of a Watt when you're on batteries. -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
