[Ti] Dual-processor PowerBooks upcoming??

Chris Rock stinger at pixar.com
Wed Jan 22 10:26:23 PST 2003


Actually the running temp of the sampling AMD Opteron is no where near 
as hot as the Itanium2 or the Power4 (multicore).

- Rock

XXL wrote:

> 
>
>>part of the idea was that one processor would go into deep sleep whilst
>>the main processor would remain running...
>>
>>i think, rather that Apple would be better off going with the IBM
>>"Power 4" 64 bit Server CPU...
>>
>>i think i read that the Power 4 is capable of multicore technology...
>>Four cpu's in the same chip all with on-die cache... =)~
>>
>>I'm Ready.
>>
>
>64 bit chips are hotter than any current chips.... They would never even be
>considered for a portable at this point.  There are real worries about heat
>management even in desktop 64 bit systems at this point.
>-Joel
>
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