Wednesday, February 08, 2006

IBM Unveils 4 - 6 GHz Power6 Processor

This sounds very nice - but expensive - and it almost sounds like a shame that IBM and Apple couldn't work together. (Slightly related) The XBOX 360 makes me wonder why Microsoft don't release an awesomely powerful MS PC based on the XBOX360 insides... that would be a funny switch over, Apple switch to Intel, the Windows PC world then switches over to IBM Power6, and Dell switch to AMD... the computer world goes topsy turvy, but you can still open JPEGs!

"Bucking a trend in the chip industry, IBM Corp. said Tuesday its upcoming Power6 microprocessor for servers will run at unprecedented speeds while keeping a lid on power requirements and heat."

read more | digg story (some interesting comments here)

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