New Hyperion Entertainment Website http://a-eon.com/ - The Mystery Continues

[Zac67]

The e600 is only compliant to the PowerPC spec, not Power Architecture 2.04.

Duh! There goes my theory...

[Zac67]

... if we locked them in a room with a few dev machines and lots of coffee!

Don't forget the beer! @Dave

[Zac67]

I can't imagine how this is going to be anything but overpriced and underwhelming.

And I'd love to be proved wrong.

Couldn't have said it better. I'd like to be optimistic, but it remains to be seen what is going to happen...

[Zac67]

Has it ever occurred to anyone the x86 viability roadmap is coming to an end, even with multiple cores?

Has it? I can't see that anywhere. I can see false moves with Intel's P4 and - even more apparent - Itanium's 64 bit approach (not a bad design for a start, but bad migration path & marketing) . But AMD's 64 bit move has put so much fresh air into everything x86 that it's here to stay.

x86/64 is absolutely dominant in the professional segment, the home computing & gaming segment and super-computing. If Intel's plans work out it'll even dominate the embedded market but that remains to be seen. IBM's Power has some niche it still defends, but nobody knows how long that's gonna last. Everything else is pretty much dead or dying - PA-Risc, Alpha, Sparc. ARM & MIPS have conquered their markets but not without threat from x86.

[Zac67]

According to AMCC's data sheet:

Typical power (measured): Less than 3W at 533MHz,
2.5W at 400MHz.

[Zac67]

I get the impression there is some confusion that there is some sort of hardware race to catch up with.

X86 does what X86 does, there is no obligation that PPC must follow or even lead. Why does it have to be more that 1mhz / a gadzillion terrafloppies or even capable of playing anything remotely close to the Assassins Credit Card ?

The imagination and application of technology drives change not the other way round. Computer Music only came into existence because of the interference cause by the computer electronics.

Whether or not X1000 is the best thing since sliced bread depends on the user and it doesn't even need a fighting chance at out flopping the x86, the Iphone proves that and it wasn't cheap either.

Stop concentrating on the what x86 can do and imagine what the x1000 could do. Or as Bruce Lee said "Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!"

Exactly.