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<div>Chris - I am sure we would be interested and informed to hear
your comments on the new processors that IBM just announced, or do
they still consume too much power to be of interest in our
Powerbooks?</div>
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<div>regards, Trevor</div>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">7 July
2005</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">IBM today announced
the newest member of the Power Architecture family of microprocessors
-- the PowerPC 970MP. The new processor is a dual-core version of
IBM's award winning PowerPC 970FX, targeted for clients who desire a
low-cost, high performance, 64-bit, symmetric multiprocessing
(SMP)-capable system in a small package with ranges from 1.4 to 2.5
GHz. The microprocessor also provides power-saving features that
system architects can use to dynamically control the system power.
...</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+1" color="#000000"><br>
</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000"> Each of the
two 64-bit PowerPC 970MP cores has its own dedicated 1MB L2 cache,
resulting in performance more than double that of the PowerPC 970FX.
This design provides clients with a wide range of performance and
power operating points that can be selected dynamically to match
system processing needs. The frequency and voltage of both cores can
be scaled downward to reduce the power during periods of reduced
workload.</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+1"
color="#000000"><br>
</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000"> IBM also
announced today new low-power extensions to its award-winning PowerPC
970FX offering. This newest offering is targeted for clients who
desire a low-cost 64-bit processor featuring high performance, a
sub-20 Watt power envelope and SMP. The new offering is targeted to
provide an operating power of 13W at 1.4 GHz and 16W at 1.6GHz under
typical workloads. ...</font></div>
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