[Ti] Prediction has come true [OT]

[alexandre]

On 21 mai 07, at 22:49, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

>
> On 21 May 2007, at 19:42, John Griffin wrote:
>
>> Delivering on its promise of a superfast server chip, IBM Corp.  
>> said Monday that its new Power6 microprocessor will go on sale  
>> next month, boasting twice the clock speed of the previous  
>> generation while consuming roughly the same amount of power. [...]  
>> In addition to raw power, the new IBM chip also has massive  
>> bandwidth - 300 gigabytes per second - which the company says can  
>> process the download of the entire iTunes music catalog, currently  
>> more than 5 million songs, in about a minute.
>
>
> John - thanks for the news / update !   This Power 6 sounds pretty  
> impressive !
>

indeed it does! but let's not forget that ibm kept us waiting (and  
waiting) for a "mobile" G5… ;-)

alexandre
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