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Power Mac uses new PowerPC 7455 with SOI

updated 10:35 am EST, Tue January 29, 2002

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Motorla's new 1GHz PowerPC 7455 chip used in the new Power Macs, boasts higher clock speed and lower power consumption than previous versions of the chip and uses a newer manufacturing process that includes silicon on insulator (SOI), making it the first to deliver SOI technology to desktop computers.

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01/29, 11:11am | report spam | close Reply |
OK then.

If it's such great technology then why did we only see a small increase in speed? (No, I'm not complaining, just posing a question.)

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damn

I had my order for a TiBook 667 all ready to go, but now I have to wait for this 7445 to appear in it.

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Hmm!

SOI technology is not at all new considering how fast technology moves... Again Moto is a laggard, took them too long to bring this to the party. Hello, Apple? There's a lovely little company named IBM, you know?!?!?

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new Tibooks

new Tibooks coming at Macworld Tokyo, dont you think

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re: Hmm!

SOI technology is not at all new considering how fast technology moves

Um... this is the first use of SOI on the desktop. That's rather significant considering the pace of Moto's processor development vs. Intel/AMD.

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IBM

IBM won't do Altivec.

Agreements / Licencing / Bullshit ... so don't think that Apple is ignoring IBM just for fun ...

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off topic

I found an interesting spec online...

Is apple ripping off customers with there latest line of G4s?

While they are charging more for the GF4MX than the Radeon 7500 ($100), it seems that the 7500 is a FASTER, MORE POWERFUL card!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could this be true????

On-line they say that the GF4MX "delivers well over 1 billion textured pixels per second" (1.1 on barefeats)----well is seems that the 7500 beats those numbers: 1.7 Billion/Sec--and the 8500 creams those numbers at 2.7

Apple have you lost the faith???

Could be very embarrasing for apple.

http://www.barefeats.com/index.html#quick

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less warranty. . .

With yesterday's rollout of Apple's new Power Mac G4 systems, the company has announced it will no longer offer on-site service as part of the one-year warranty for new Power Macs

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where is apollo?

funny thing is, the vaunted apollo chip might never see a spot in the powermacs. apollo should be where you see a better increase in speed, but where the h*ll is it?

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altivec

i remeber hearing some stuff boutthisibm thing with altivec but i though they finally accepted its place as its been proven etc? also if apple is able to buy the ppc altivec technology when the time comes as its getting closer then would ibm not have a problem with it? or is it just a belief of thiers that altivec doesnt have a place? personally id rather have mad speeds than altivec any day.

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Apparently is the Apollo

At least Motorola is indicating that the 933 and 1Ghz are the Apollo chip. It will be interesting to see how fast they really are. Then again, wasn't the Apollo supposed to be a 7460?

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Altivec: Mot v. IBM

The way I understand it, IBM was producing better, more reliable chips with the Altivec accelerator. And they were doing such a good job of it, it was cannibalizing Motorola's profits a year or two ago. The problem for IBM is that although they, Apple and Motorola were co-creators of the PowerPC chip, Motorola *owns* the Altivec technology used in the latest chips. Motorola was able to force production caps on IBM so that they could protect their profits - let's hope they don't accidentally sabotage the PowerPC chip in the process.

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Re: apollo and such

From what someone else said on MacNN, these computers use the Apollo chip.

Is apple ripping off customers with there latest line of G4s?

Excuse me for my bad English, but wouldn't "ripping off" the customers be where Apple says "GF3" and gives you a GF4 (or a 7500, or a Rage II+)? How can anyone rip you off by telling you what's in the computer? (Oh sure, they could overcharge, limit its abilities with slow busses, etc, but that's not the charge).

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No, that would be lying

Ripping off is when you try to charge more for a product than it's worth, by alot, so that it is obviously not a "fair" price (one party feels cheated), but people pay anyway because, well, that's economics and thee laws of human desire...as in "4 dollars for a burger! What a ripoff!"

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Re Ripped off

With the numbers online at the apple site, and those found on the web...apple is trying to imply that the GF4MX is faster than previous models, but when they provide improper test results -- they make the results inconclusive. Why show the Radeon 7500 on a single 800 --GF2 on a dual 800--the GFMX on a dual 1GHZ????? If you are going to provide specs---provide an equal playing field.

and about the Ripped off----the point is IF the number from barefeats is true --- apple is ripping off customers by charging more for the GF4MX when it is slower than the Radeon 7500.....although this has still to be proven

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ripped off?

Well, unless you know how much Apple is being charged for the Radeon and GF4MX, then you can't really say they are ripping you off? Did you think that maybe the GF4MX actually costs more for Apple to get?

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rip off is point of view

Just because it's faster doesn't mean it should cost any more or less. Every company charges for the products differently. I wouldn't feel ripped off if someone's Chevy ran faster than my Mercedes... If the Radeon is faster and cheaper, then buy it if you want it. Build to order options are a wonderful thing.

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SIMD and SOI: IBM

Those are NOT buzzword acronyms. I REPEAT: HELLO, APPLE? EVER HEAR OF IBM?!?!? (Of course, I know that Apple has employed IBM chips in some Macs... go away little boyos, you bother me!) And IBM brought SOI to the party LONG before the laggardly Moto did. NOTE THAT I DID NOT SAY THAT IBM BROUGHT SOI TO *OUR* PARTY FIRST (meaning Macs). SOI tech was invented by GUESS WHO? BIG BLUE!

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Power Mac uses new PowerPC 7455 with SOI

updated 10:35 am EST, Tue January 29, 2002

OK then.

damn

Hmm!

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re: Hmm!

IBM

off topic

less warranty. . .

where is apollo?

altivec

Apparently is the Apollo

Altivec: Mot v. IBM

Re: apollo and such

No, that would be lying

Re Ripped off

ripped off?

rip off is point of view

SIMD and SOI: IBM

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OK then.

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Hmm!

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IBM

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less warranty. . .

where is apollo?

altivec

Apparently is the Apollo

Altivec: Mot v. IBM

Re: apollo and such

No, that would be lying

Re Ripped off

ripped off?

rip off is point of view

SIMD and SOI: IBM

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