IBM PowerPC 970: 1.8 GHz - 2.5 Ghz

[downix]

Yes, I'm quite confident that it will be available in the future in Amiga hardware.

Providing you can find a northbridge for it, and can survive that long.

You've still got a lot of catching up to do, don't forget.

[Skyraker]

Amigablade

[Jose]

Ah, thanks for sharing that with us  :-D . Er.. with a 64bit AOS4 version?

[Hammer]

Quoting the PPC 970's release date would be nice.

For earlier news regarding PPC 970 refer to

http://amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43448

http://amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43449

[Hammer]

@Hattig

Regarding AMD's K8 processor family from AMD's official web site.  

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Q: Will all AMD Opteron processors support HyperTransport technology? How many links?
 
A: The AMD Opteron processor architecture is designed to support up to three HyperTransport links, which can provide up to 19.2GB/sec peak bandwidth.  

Q: What are the differences between the AMD Opteron processor and the AMD Athlon 64 processor?
 
A: The primary difference between the AMD Opteron processor and the AMD Athlon 64 processor is in the number of HyperTransport links embedded on the chip. The AMD Athlon 64 processor contains one HyperTransport link offering 6.4 GB/s data transfer while the AMD Opteron processor offers three links. The processors also contain different amounts of cache.
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Reference:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_4699_7981%5E7987,00.html#19839