---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Apple inside? Date: Sonntag 24 Oktober 2010N From: James Therrault <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> On Oct 24, 2010, at 8:10 AM, Dan wrote: > Eventurally and partly due to the ALTIVEC squabble, IBM took over > most G4 production and I believe virtually all of the G5 work. Wasn't IBM holding on to the G3 – making it faster and faster, while Motorola developed AltiVec, which IBM didn't see the need for? The G4 alias PowerPC 74xx is all Motorola, while the G3's alias PowerPC 7xx were from IBM and Motorola. With the G5's alias PowerPC 970 which are all IBM the page turned – and Motorola's chip production became Freescale. They still make G4 offsprings (like the e600), and IBM dropped the PowerPC and concentrated on their POWER technology. > It is > during the G5 era that Motorola spun off its semiconductor business > which is now known as freescale. Yes, exactly. > (AMD did the same with Spansion, we > have both in Austin). I've to look into this. You're not talking about the Geode embedded CPUs, whose development was stopped? At least so I've read a few years ago. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
