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Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« on: September 01, 2012, 04:48:10 AM »
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/2012/08/31/ibm_power7_plus_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.
I have a little bitterness, but don't let it bother me. I like it as a niche system, some people prefer it as hobby.
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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2012, 06:51:27 AM »
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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2012, 08:44:33 AM »
Not sure I would want a Power7... One of these though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulftown_(microprocessor)
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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2012, 01:29:13 PM »
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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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2012, 01:38:05 PM »
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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2012, 01:53:58 PM »
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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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2012, 02:01:30 PM »
Ya all a bunch of dreamers!!!
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2012, 02:09:50 PM »
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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2012, 03:30:24 PM »
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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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2012, 04:01:30 PM »
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If the x1000 can sell for $3000


It can't. Simple as that.
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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2012, 05:51:23 PM »
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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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2012, 06:13:24 PM »
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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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2012, 06:21:23 PM »
Was the price on the second run any lower, out of curiousity?
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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2012, 06:56:16 PM »
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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Re: Power 7 CPU - 8 cores
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2012, 08:49:46 PM »
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 :D
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