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Genesi Announces PowerPC-Based Workstation for Blastware

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Sep 2005 15:50 UTC

After providing Blastwave many of its PPC-based Open Desktop Workstations to speed up the port of OpenSolaris to PPC, Genesi has announced to donate $50 to Blastwave for each ODW sold, in order to keep the Blastwave community from shutting down.

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Wow - NOT

by Vonskippy on Tue 13th Sep 2005 17:59 UTC

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And only priced about $400 more then a similar configured x86 system. PPC systems are soooooo dead.

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RE: Wow - NOT

by Tyr. on Tue 13th Sep 2005 18:17 in reply to "Wow - NOT"

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2005-07-06

And only priced about $400 more then a similar configured x86 system. PPC systems are soooooo dead.

There are a lot of embedded systems that use powerpc based chips. What do you think their developpers use ? Look at risc pc's, why do you think they're still around.

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RE[2]: Wow - NOT

by on Thu 15th Sep 2005 09:52 in reply to "RE: Wow - NOT"

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>There are a lot of embedded systems that use powerpc >based chips
PPC != ARM i.e. PPC unit sales per year is around 60million.

Reference
http://www.tundra.com/NewsRoom/PressReleases/2005/pr_03_01_05.cfm

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RE: Wow - NOT

by jessta on Wed 14th Sep 2005 07:03 in reply to "Wow - NOT"

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2005-08-17

hmmmmm...xbox360, sony playstation 3(Cell is powerpc), nintendo.
I see no dying of the powerpc.
Powerpc chips are cheaper to make but aren't produced in the same numbers as x86.

Maybe with all the next gen gaming console sporting PPC the price per unit will drop.

- Jesse McNelis

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