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IBM Unveils Energy-Efficient PowerPC Chips

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Oct 2006 22:08 UTC

IBM is rolling out new PowerPC processors aimed at the embedded space that are designed to improve performance while consuming less power than their counterparts. The new chips illustrate IBM's commitment to building processors that do not rely solely on speed bumps for performance improvements, but also are energy-efficient, said Ron Martino, director of Power architecture solutions for IBM's Technology Collaboration Solutions unit.

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Back on track

by flywheel on Wed 4th Oct 2006 04:30 UTC

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2005-12-28

Well the main target of the PPC lines at IBM has almost always been embedded devices, where the PPC is rather excellent and always has been sold in massive numbers.

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RE: Back on track

by Ethyriel on Wed 4th Oct 2006 05:22 in reply to "Back on track"

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2005-07-07

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the PPC focus of Freescale embedded while for IBM it's the server? Maybe I'm missing something, but PPC970 is on IBM's low end compared to Power 4 and 5.

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RE[2]: Back on track

by olexiy on Wed 4th Oct 2006 06:47 in reply to "RE: Back on track"

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2005-08-31

I'd better say POWER is for server and PowerPC is for embedded/desktop.

These new CL chips with reduced power consumption will certainly find their way to high-performance embedded targets. If I'm not mistaken, many PowerPC chips are available for both commercial and industrial temp. range, unlike, for example, chips from Intel and this is very important thing for embedded...

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