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Ars goes inside the IBM PPC 970
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
October 28th 2002
Pour a cup of coffee and take the phone off the hook
>From the minutia of caches and instruction calls to the design philosophy involved,
>get informative look at the chip that may power Apple's future. The divas of digital
>dish at Ars Technica have posted an in-depth look at IBM's PowerPC 970 processor and
>they compare to an 2.8GHz Intel chip, as well as Motorola's current 7455 CPUs.
The article touches on the enormous desktop PPC performance gap left by Motorola's
stagnated G4 line, as well as some of the shortcomings of processors used on the PC
and how IBM's 64-bit offering may surpass them.
This article isn't for the faint of heart or those looking for a snapshot wrap up of
the 970's capabilities and specs. Put on your thinking cap and click here.
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