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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