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Subject: Re: Processor benchmarks: G5 v. Xeon

Author: David Hanley

Date: 13:38:37 08/28/03

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On August 27, 2003 at 20:41:19, Steven Edwards wrote:


>Don't expect a G5 in a notebook any time soon.  Apple's desktop version needs a
>600 W power supply and seven fans.

Actually, the g5 chip(970) is fairly low power draw.  The power supply is 600
watts mostly to drive perhipherals and 4+GB of RAM.  The seven fans are for the
sake of quiet.  There's a separate thremal area for drives, for instance, and if
the drives are spun down, that fan cuts out.

As for chess programs, i expect the first person who makes a bitboard program
that properly utilizes the vector processor will have a real beast on their
hands.

dave



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