Comment Re:Uber G4? (Score 1) 111
The power3 and power4 chips are a varient of the PowerPC architecture. the PowerPC chips that everyone is familiar with (603,604,750 etc.) that IBM makes are done on the East Coast, burlington,Vt or Poughkipsie, NY. (somewhere out there)
The power3 and power4 chips are designed in Austin, Tx. so, they are completely different teams.
The Power name is now just a name. The PowerPC architecture was developed by IBM and Motorola to compete with Intel and it was based off of IBM's existing Power architecture.(Power, Power2, Power2SC are examples of the power chips)
Although IBM makes PowerAS chips (AS/400) PowerRS and Power chips (RS/6000) and PowerPC chips(RS/6000, mac) they are all essential powerpc architecture chips. but, they are also all different. they are designed with specific tasks in mind.
F.Y.I. The nintendo gekko is being developed on the east coast.
The power3 and power4 chips are designed in Austin, Tx. so, they are completely different teams.
The Power name is now just a name. The PowerPC architecture was developed by IBM and Motorola to compete with Intel and it was based off of IBM's existing Power architecture.(Power, Power2, Power2SC are examples of the power chips)
Although IBM makes PowerAS chips (AS/400) PowerRS and Power chips (RS/6000) and PowerPC chips(RS/6000, mac) they are all essential powerpc architecture chips. but, they are also all different. they are designed with specific tasks in mind.
F.Y.I. The nintendo gekko is being developed on the east coast.
