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Offline DigimanTopic starter

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So PowerPC is dead you say?
« on: April 18, 2012, 01:56:27 AM »
So how comes IBM's AI machine called Watson which outsmarted the two best champions on Jeopardy TV show uses Power7 not x86 architecture?

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If only an IBM engineer was a nostalgic Amigan with a dream to out do Wintel at least technically.....
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 02:21:17 AM »
Get yourself a $15,000 entry-level system and let us know how it goes. ;-)
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2012, 02:24:52 AM »
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Get yourself a $15,000 entry-level system and let us know how it goes. ;-)
Sar-CHASM!!! I like it.
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2012, 02:25:47 AM »
They're 2800 used :-P

My point was wouldn't it be awesome if a group of IBM engineers looked at getting AROS PPC/OS4 to run on that CPU in their spare time.

(yeah never going to happen)
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2012, 03:00:12 AM »
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So how comes IBM's AI machine called Watson which outsmarted the two best champions on Jeopardy TV show uses Power7 not x86 architecture?


A very good question. It's because x86 is a bit crap and PPC is better. :)

That should get the flames fanned! But seriously, memresistor FPGA based AI is on the way and should blow away anything that came before it. Just Google "memristor fpga artificial intelligence" and have a read. You'll find it fascinating if you have any geek in your blood at all.
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2012, 03:02:26 AM »
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Get yourself a $15,000 entry-level system and let us know how it goes. ;-)


Cheaper than a fictional high end CUSAmiga we heard about a while back.

Sorry, I couldn't resist getting that one in.
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2012, 03:03:59 AM »
The main problem is that IBM hasn't been interested in consumer-level development...well, pretty much since the PS/2/MCA debacle. They even sold off their ThinkPad line, and they gave Apple a hell of a time about supporting Altivec on the G5. I'm sure they're not going to be abandoning POWER as long as there's money in it, but I very much doubt they're going to be looking at going back into the consumer market any time soon.
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2012, 03:40:38 AM »
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A very good question. It's because x86 is a bit crap and PPC is better. :)

That should get the flames fanned! But seriously, memresistor FPGA based AI is on the way and should blow away anything that came before it. Just Google "memristor fpga artificial intelligence" and have a read. You'll find it fascinating if you have any geek in your blood at all.




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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2012, 03:52:45 AM »
the closest thing you might get is the chip for the new wii replacement but even that is suppose to be slower than what will be in the ps4, which is an old amd chip.
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2012, 04:20:41 AM »
« Last Edit: April 18, 2012, 04:22:54 AM by Trev »
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2012, 06:53:57 AM »
Quote from: Digiman;689223
So how comes IBM's AI machine called Watson which outsmarted the two best champions on Jeopardy TV show uses Power7 not x86 architecture?


The answer is a bit mundane... But IBM own the rights to the Power Architecture and use it for all their custom CPU work. They don't need or want to be slaves to AMD and Intel. :)
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2012, 07:45:26 AM »
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So PowerPC is dead you say?


Yes.

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My point was wouldn't it be awesome if a group of IBM engineers looked at getting AROS PPC/OS4 to run on that CPU in their spare time.

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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2012, 07:56:15 AM »
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The answer is a bit mundane... But IBM own the rights to the Power Architecture and use it for all their custom CPU work. They don't need or want to be slaves to AMD and Intel. :)

It's the software that is impressive anyway. It wouldn't matter what hardware they run it on.
 
There is enough cores in that machine to satisfy all the current demand from the amiga community. If PowerPC were alive then they'd have spent less money and shipped motherboards to us all for free.
 
PowerPC is even dead in the console market. The next generation is abandoning it, except for Nintendo who are just taking the Wii and doubling the cpu cores.
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2012, 08:07:43 AM »
Quote from: Digiman;689223
So how comes IBM's AI machine called Watson which outsmarted the two best champions on Jeopardy TV show uses Power7 not x86 architecture?

youtube video

If only an IBM engineer was a nostalgic Amigan with a dream to out do Wintel at least technically.....


It's just a little bit too big for my living room, I'll pass on this new PPC technology and happily continue use my Intel Core2Duo

http://www.characterblog.com/assets/58914-ibm-watson.jpg
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Re: So PowerPC is dead you say?
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2012, 09:10:54 AM »
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It's just a little bit too big for my living room, I'll pass on this new PPC technology and happily continue use my Intel Core2Duo

http://www.characterblog.com/assets/58914-ibm-watson.jpg


I think that one transforms into a mech.
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