On Saturday 11 December 2004 08:24, Trevor Warren wrote:
Hello JTD,
With IBM jettisioning it's PC division things don't look too good for other manufacturers too but luckily
That should free their PCs from M$tax. And according to some pundits allow IBM to push non intel architectures (Power PC). The power pc cpus provide a range of watts/mips combinations which beat intel cpus hands down on both counts and can be used in small embedded stuff all the way upto large clusters - running GNU/Linux. So they have a complete software environment at zero cost. All they need is a system cost comparable to the i386 arch. Bet the chinese will deliver. So get ready to see a whole new range of innovative products.
Thanks for the feedback on laptops.
rgds jtd
Anandtech.com has some good reviews of the processors. These processors have the following specs:
90 nm die 4-8 cores on each cpu Each core having 4Ghz + crunching power Intercore B/w of 4.5Ghz +
You have any details on this. Pls pass them along. Can we run Gnu-Linux/*BSD on it. Can you cut the hype and present the facts pls.
Trevor
--- sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
On Saturday 11 December 2004 08:24, Trevor Warren wrote:
Hello JTD,
With IBM jettisioning it's PC division things
don't
look too good for other manufacturers too but
luckily
That should free their PCs from M$tax. And according to some pundits allow IBM to push non intel architectures (Power PC). The power pc cpus provide a range of watts/mips combinations which beat intel cpus hands down on both counts and can be used in small embedded stuff all the way upto large clusters
- running GNU/Linux. So they have a complete
software environment at zero cost. All they need is a system cost comparable to the i386 arch. Bet the chinese will deliver. So get ready to see a whole new range of innovative products.
Thanks for the feedback on laptops.
rgds jtd
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