8 Jun
2005
8 Jun
'05
11:31 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Williams" <williams.dan at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Apple Goes Intel...
I think the fact that the chips that will be used on the console during
their run (what 3+ years of production) are exactly the same speed is a much
better deal for IBM then having to constantly do R&D to get the G5 running
faster every 6 months.
Somebody brought up the question why didn't Apple go with AMD. I don't think
AMD has the extra capacity to produce chips at the rate Apple would need
without driving prices up.
I'm sure
IBM is not too happy, Apple's move
all but ensures the death of the PowerPC chip since they were its
biggest buyer.
Curt
I doubt that, they "where" it's biggest buyer but i'm sure the
xbox 2
will outsell all of Apples range. It also has 3 powerpc cpu's in it..
The Playstation 3 has the cell chip which has power processors. IBM
probably do not even care, the extra business Sony and Microsoft just
gave them will keep PowerPC alive for a while yet.
Dan
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