"That suggests that the company may be using an off-the-shelf PC chipset. The Power Mac G5s are expected to feature a HyperTransport-based bus, so it's possible Apple is using HT-enabled chipsets from a third-party rather than design its own."
I hope the register is accurate about their opinion / prediction. Who is the vendor?
Is it possible to use PC chipset with PowerPC CPU?
IBM and Winbond had an unreleased, defective PowerPC chipset for Open PowerPC in 1999. I had doubt about their chipset. There is a rumor about secret Hypertransport chipset from 3rd party in 1999, but the company was closed.
