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Apple on Intel
mosfet:
I thought I saw somewhere that they'd start with the low end and move up to the PowerMac. I can't remember if I saw Mac Mini or iMac would be first.
Mnementh:
For whatever it is worth...
--- Quote ---Finally, it looks like Intel has learned from its mistake and secretly prepping a surprise for the rest of the industry. According to the information we received, Intel is currently working on a desktop, dual-core Dothan microprocessor with SSE3 instruction set that Intel plans to launch sometime in the future. Whether the launch will take place this year or in 2006 is currently unknown.
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mosfet:
Sweet! Thats what I've been saying Intel needs to do! They listened to me!
:P
That right there, to use that chip would be the only move that would let Apple save face with me. And Intel as well. Dothan (P-M) is what they should have focussed on instead of selling Mhz.
Addius:
a kickass rumour I've heard before.. hopefully it's true..
Sideways: The reason is that (as I have understood it) the SPEs in the Cell isn't really a full core.. They can calculate a single set of instruktions überquick but only from a limited amount of instruktions, whereas programing a working OS and a good SMP-protocoll would be near impossible. That's what I've been told and my sources could be wrong but it sounds believably to me.
Druid:
Sideways: Cells are Consumer electronics chips. Short pipes ideal for streaming or linear data, but good for little else.
--- Quote from: ThinkDifferent ---Since the return of Jobs, Apple has only done one dumb thing (the Cube). Here's hoping that this isn't another one, because if it is, it could have far worse repercussions.
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Jobs doing only one dumb thing, along with what the dumb thing is, is subjective. I count OS X as being as one of his dumb things.
I would have really like to see them go with AMD rather then Intel, at least in their Desktop offerings. Hopefully they will have the foresight to use the PM rather then the P4. Wait, the PM doesn't have x86-64 extensions; will that horrible chip, P4, ever die?
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