ACK Announces 1.0Ghz and 1.7Ghz CPU modules for AmigaOne

[Piru]

Pegasos II Motherboard and 7447 1GHz CPU-module: $618 USD
Pegasos II 7447 1GHz CPU-module alone: $304 USD
Pegasos II 750->7447 CPU-upgrade: $251 USD
(today's prices in a swedish shop, incl taxes, used google's currency converter).

Damn Mac upgrades must be overpriced like hell...




CLS2086, you were kidding right?

[Piru]

@RWO

1) All the programs that use Newlib will get a huge speedup as there is now more AltiVec units as Newlib is really optimized to the G4 AltiVec unit.

Last I checked the only functions in libc that can be really altivec optimized are the memory copy, move etc. Considering the setup time of register saving and cache considerations the speedup is really limited. Eventually the system memory bus speed will limit the gains (even with 2MB L2 cache). If you think more altivec units would give "huge speedups", I'm sorry to disappoint you. Finally, since only few of the functions are really altivec optimized, not "all the programs that use Newlib" get performance gains.

3) Then there is MPlayer (last version) there had trouble playing all movies in Realtime.

That's weird, considering 7447@1000 can easily play any movies. Only HD clips are too much.