Power 970 write up at Ars ** this is one bad ass CPU **

Adul

Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
32,999
44
91
danny.tangtam.com
When apple gets this in their system, it should definitely make one hell of a media monster :D
http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/3q02/powerpc.html

Some good info

The 900MHz frontside bus

One of the most important and least-discussed features of the PowerPC 970 is its 900MHz DDR frontside bus. This bus physically runs at 450MHz, but it's double-pumped. Its architecture is interesting in that the bus actually consists of two, 32-bit unidirectional point-to-point links. David Wang described it in a post to comp.arch as follows:


nice :D

The 900MHz frontside bus

One of the most important and least-discussed features of the PowerPC 970 is its 900MHz DDR frontside bus. This bus physically runs at 450MHz, but it's double-pumped. Its architecture is interesting in that the bus actually consists of two, 32-bit unidirectional point-to-point links. David Wang described it in a post to comp.arch as follows:
 

FishTankX

Platinum Member
Oct 6, 2001
2,738
0
0
Can anyone say dual channel RIMM3600? I'm sure RAMBUS could make a product for apple. Ofcourse, for workstations only. But think about that, a raw peak data throughput of double the P4.
 

sean2002

Golden Member
Apr 9, 2001
1,538
0
0
Sounds good, but what will apple want for a system with one of these? Knowing them probably around $8000