From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:27:59 -0800 Message-Id: <199903270627.WAA18114@aragorn.shiresoft.com> From: Guy Sotomayor To: dje@watson.ibm.com Cc: paubert@iram.es, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Reply-To: ggs@shiresoft.com Subject: Re: Apple Job Posting and Good News for LinuxPPC developers In-Reply-To: <9903261613.AA48254@marc.watson.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > > Gabriel> Do 64 bit PPC processors that can be bought as chips (not in a system) > > Gabriel> exist (i.e., can you buy a Power3 in a BGA package and the chipset > that > Gabriel> goes with) ? > > I doubt it. The Power3 comes from the server organization and is > intended for their use. IBM, however, does understand customer demand: > if there was "enough" market interest, I am sure that it would find a way > to sell it. The Power3 processor price is nowhere near a PPC750 or G4 and > does not include AltiVec. > Actually I think the 64bit PPCs are called PowerPC II. They're reasonably nice chips last time I looked. They are expensive to put together in a system (ie 8MB L2, 128bit data bus, etc). Also the 6xx bus is a split transaction bus, so the bus controllers are a bit more complex too. I also think that all the data paths are ECC'd with parity on addresses. For a good example on what type of systems are built using these things, look at the S70 Advanced server. TTFN - Guy [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]