[ILUG-BOM] Of Intel, AMD, Apple and IBM

Hi,

I wonder if anyone has been noticing this lately...

Apple recently announced the new G5 as the fastest PC in the industry. AMD has done some Intel creaming too. But very few know what's common between them. It's IBM.

PowerPC chips that run on Macs are developed at IBM. How's AMD connected then? AMD's design team runs from an IBM chip design facility. Seems that IBM will help AMD and Apple develop the newer 64 bit platforms. Ahem... the new G5 is 64 bit (P4 is 32 bit).

First, maybe AMD wants to sell itself. Second, maybe IBM wants to make sure that Intel has some competition.

Whatever may be the going-ons but I think IBM is trying to do something major here... Any insights anyone?

Regards,

ah