The 1-GHz was a total win for AMD, |
The 1-GHz was a total win for AMD. |
The IBM 970MP is locked, loaded and ready to go. There's no reason why Apple would forgo putting that chip into its systems, |
The IBM 970MP is locked, loaded and ready to go. There's no reason why Apple would forgo putting that chip into its systems. |
The Intel chipset is much more complex. What they don't talk about is that the cost of the chipset will go up significantly. |
The performance numbers look good to me, and the power consumption is reasonable -- as opposed to unreasonable with many other servers. |
There will always be a demand for the super-big and super-fast boxes. But slimmer, and smaller, and more efficient is what the PC companies are looking at right now. |
They're recognizing that in some market segments like telecom, mobile handsets and handhelds, the parts tuned for faster speeds are too difficult to use and too power-hungry. |
They've done that in the past with their Celeron lines for lower-priced PCs, |
They've done that in the past with their Celeron lines for lower-priced PCs. |
This is an all-star group of designers. |
You might as well do some good with it. |