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Old 08-31-2012, 09:48 PM   #1
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Default Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
These things are expensive and those lucky enough to use them reckon they have plenty of power. I suppose at 8 cores and 3Ghz or over it would be plenty of power.
See this link:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...us_processors/

Wishing that they would come back to consumer market, but I'm wondering are they no longer a generation (more often half a generation) in front of the competition?
Are CPU bragging rights important?

btw. Some people (only one or two) are still a bit delusional about what happened to Amiga. The business failed, get over it. Amiga could have been lots of things, the last real chance was with Escom.
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Old 08-31-2012, 11:51 PM   #2
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Default Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
Oh, huh, I was going to kvetch that IBM PPCs don't support AltiVec, outside the G5, and therefore it'd be annoying for running software that supported it, but I looked and they've actually incorporated it into POWER6 on up. Whaddya know.

Yeah, it is too bad they have no interest in the desktop market anymore - do they even still make POWER-based workstations, or did that end when they spun off Lenovo?
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Old 09-01-2012, 01:44 AM   #3
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Not sure I would want a Power7... One of these though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulftown_(microprocessor)
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Old 09-01-2012, 06:29 AM   #4
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Oh, huh, I was going to kvetch that IBM PPCs don't support AltiVec, outside the G5, and therefore it'd be annoying for running software that supported it, but I looked and they've actually incorporated it into POWER6 on up. Whaddya know.
Altivec's also supported in the Xbox360 and PS3 cpu's they're a bit cheaper, but not really your typical desktop CPU design.

I think IBM gave up the desktop when they realised how small the profit margins were going to be. Better to make CPUs for high-end servers, mainframes, routers/switches/networking and automotive usage all of which have much larger profit margins.
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Old 09-01-2012, 06:38 AM   #5
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I would like to play around with a PPC desktop running OpenSolaris PPC, would give me plenty of fun hours.
So a PPC based normal priced desktop would be fun to see again, not much of a marked of them im afraid
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Old 09-01-2012, 06:53 AM   #6
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I think IBM gave up the desktop when they realised how small the profit margins were going to be. Better to make CPUs for high-end servers, mainframes, routers/switches/networking and automotive usage all of which have much larger profit margins.
And collect U.S. Government charity handout money to oligopolies to fund their research and development ($244 million from DARPA). We love and support our big business oligopolies/monopolies in the U.S. even though our hypocritical politicians (all the way to the top) say they are for small business.

If the x1000 can sell for $3000, maybe Hyperion should have the Power 7 thrown in a computer. They could bring out the x10000 supporting 1 of 32 threads+cores and sell it for $30,000 with the AmigaOS 4 faithful lining up.
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Ya all a bunch of dreamers!!!
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Not sure I would want a Power7... One of these though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulftown_(microprocessor)
thats way old,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...22_.2832_nm.29

sandy bridge-e is newer,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...22_.2832_nm.29

it supports faster memory & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions
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Old 09-01-2012, 08:30 AM   #9
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Ya all a bunch of dreamers!!!
Why? Let PowerPC chips be developed, and we might see some in action
with MorphOS, AmigaOS or AROS?
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If the x1000 can sell for $3000
It can't. Simple as that.
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It can't. Simple as that.
It was $2700, but they already did. They sold their entire first run. Which is why they're looking into a second.

Not saying I think it's anything like a reasonable price, but the fact is they did sell.
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Old 09-01-2012, 11:13 AM   #12
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It was $2700, but they already did. They sold their entire first run. Which is why they're looking into a second.

Not saying I think it's anything like a reasonable price, but the fact is they did sell.
And they're rapidly selling their second run too. I have one waiting for me at home.

So, not only did they sell they are also selling.
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Old 09-01-2012, 11:21 AM   #13
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Was the price on the second run any lower, out of curiousity?
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I'd have to check. I paid over $3k in total incl shipping, but i also ordered several other things too.
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Old 09-01-2012, 01:49 PM   #15
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Power 7 chips have the TDP of a nuclear reactor(they only run, AFAIR, with watter cooling) and the price of a small hatchback car... Which means it's the logical choice for X2000
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