Hi SHADES, lovely day! :-D
Please correct me if I am wrong but I am certain that AMIGA used the PPC chips made by Motorola.
Well they.... did, but not as standard.
Apple also moved from PPC chips to G3 technology Altivec CPUs,
G3 is still PowerPC.
1. Has Motorolla sold the technology to IBM
More than 10 years ago Apple, IBM, Motorola, and a number of other companies formed what is(or was) known as the AIM aliance. Basically this means that they all worked to gether on the PowerPC project, and shared much of the IP.
2. What does this mean for Motorolla
It means that they can continue making G5's
3. IF not sold, it must be completly different. (Altivec is a Motorolla (c) invention )
Altivec is Mot's invention, but IBM can use it too.
4. Ok No ALtivec in G5 so what is it? A new RISC chip?
Same old RISC chip with Altivec extensions
5. Compatibility with previous G series cpu's
High. :-D
