[geeks] POWER5!!!!

[Andrew Weiss]

TYPO
That should say PowerPC for Apple PC's and Nintendo Game systems.

I don't know what they plan to do with ASCI Purple, however...

Andrew

On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 11:03  PM, dave at cca.org wrote:

> Yee-ha! According to this article:
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-485578,00.html
>
> Macs and game consoles are available with the POWER5 CPU!
> I can't wait to get mine!
>
> Relevant paragraph:
>
>
> 	ASCI Purple will be built using 12,544 IBM Power5
> 	microprocessors, the same chips that are used in
> 	Apple PCs and Nintendo games systems.  It will
> 	have autonomic software, allowing it to monitor
> 	itself for hardware breakdowns or lack of
> 	capacity. Blue Gene/L will be able to map stars in
> 	three dimensions, analyse earthquakes, and help in
> 	oil exploration.
>
>
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