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Subject: Re: mac chess getting better

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 22:28:11 12/13/99

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On December 14, 1999 at 00:39:57, Manuel Leone wrote:
>I think the reason that Apple couldn't deliver a 500 MHz G4 is that
>there was a shortage of stable chips running at that clock frequency.
>But my understanding is that IBM has been working on a 1100 MHz
>PowerPC processor, which will eventually be used in a Mac.

From what I've read, the pipelines in the G3/G4 are not deep enough for clock
speeds higher than ~450MHz without a very significant process improvement.

It's entirely possible that IBM is working on a new PPC with much deeper pipes.

-Tom




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