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« on: January 18, 2004, 02:34:38 pm »
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Team Xbox claims that IBM will be producing 65-nm chips for the upcoming "Xbox 2" and start delivering commercial parts in the next 12-18 months.

In November, Microsoft and IBM announced that the future Xbox would utilize IBM processors. Few details had been available.

IBM produces the PowerPC 970 for Apple's PowerMac G5 which were introduced at a 130nm process. Recently introduced Xserve G5s now utilize a 90nm process. Reducing the process size should allow future chips to reach higher speeds and potentially less heat production.

that is one mother of a jump from 130 to (or even 90) down to 65nm... shit think of the clock speeds they could reach at 65!!!  Grin
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2004, 03:50:32 pm »
2005 the earliest, so it's a while 'til then. I don't think MS would actually consider using a top of the line 64-bit PPC processor for their xbox, it'd be one hell of a jump from their older one and it'd be one hell of an expensive machine, hardly competitive.
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2004, 04:35:54 pm »
Kami, they said they plannned to use the next generation IBM 970 chips in their xbox 2 (2005). Atleast that's what they said in some major press release awhile back.

As for 65nm, early 2005 is reasonable, 90nm will be great for the 3Ghz+ WWDC G5.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2004, 11:04:43 pm »
Heh, well perhaps I just don't want those MS bastards to get their dirty hands on that fine piece of 64-bit G5 ass...  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2004, 11:46:56 pm »
yeah me to... Unless it were to bring the cost of the G5's right down and thus reduce the cost of the Macs.... But i dinna wanna see Microsoft ruin a lovely chip in the Shitebox
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2004, 06:57:30 pm »
Perhaps someone should tell steve to stop spending so muhc on the cases... Grin
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