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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« on: August 06, 2013, 08:11:23 PM »
Quote from: ferrellsl;743838
This should have happened about 10 years ago......I'm thinking it's too little, too late, to be of any consequence.


Ditto. Maybe even 20 years ago tbh.
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2013, 02:18:21 PM »
Quote from: _ThEcRoW;743915
@vidarh

Keep in mind, that the ppc cpus in washingmachines, microwaves o r printers, as well as routers don't count as if it were computers.

The same could be said of the ARM CPU's used in the very same devices.
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2013, 05:53:23 PM »
Quote from: freqmax;743940
Like many other products it seems to die the withering under the claws of businessdepartments that don't-get-it.

Would PPC had any chance if this had been done from the start?


Maybe, but we'll never know. :)

When Jobs killed off the Mac clones it was the first nail in the coffin for PPC methinks.
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2013, 06:58:10 PM »
I wonder how many  newly built washing machines still have 68k's inside them?
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2013, 01:35:10 AM »
@Blizz

IBM did not invent x86, Intel did.

Google and nvidia are interested in Power architecture for servers.
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2013, 03:27:13 AM »
Quote from: yssing;743978
Who cares if Arm outsells PowerPC and any other.

The main thing here, has to be the alliance between IBM, nVidia and Google

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Nvidia, which is an ARM licensee, is not about to become a Power licensee, says Sumit Gupta, general manager of the Tesla Accelerated Computing business unit.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/06/ibm_opens_up_power_chips_armstyle_to_take_on_chipzilla/
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2013, 04:59:18 PM »
Quote from: Duce;744015
A15 shows promise but is still too anemic for enterprise use cache and address space wise.  I have no doubts it will transform into something quite impressive in the future, though.

I've used an A15 machine in the past (Chromebook) and found it to be a hideous experience, and Google went back to Intel CPU's for the Chromebook Pixel.  That being said, for the price the ARM Chromebook was well received, but I found the machine to be darned near unusable.


Ooh the Pixel.  I want myself one of those running a proper Linux though.  The screen is exquisite.

Sorry to go OT but anyone compared the screen of a Pixel with a new MBP? Which is better on the eye?
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Offline nicholas

Re: IBM tries ARM-style Licensing of PPC Processors
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2013, 05:59:15 PM »
Quote from: Duce;744018
Nicholas:

I find the screen on the Pixel nicer than the MBP, to be honest.  I give my left plum for one running a proper OS, lol.  The Pixel is an absolutely gorgeous machine, but I could never get past Chrome OS.


I know Linus Torvalds runs a full Linux distro on his pixel so it's certainly possible.

Whether it's possible for us mere mortals is another story though.... :)
“Een rezhim-i eshghalgar-i Quds bayad az sahneh-i ruzgar mahv shaved.” - Imam Ayatollah Sayyed  Ruhollah Khomeini