Big Blue is Back...

[Andy]

and this time, they mean business....

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6035948.html

and

http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/news.20060206_mmwave.html

I for one, am very very impressed... i guess Sam Palmisano knew what he was talking about when he promised a double-digit profit growth by the end of this fiascal year

[wtd]

POWER6 at 4-5GHz sounds really impressive, except that in addition to architectural improvements, they're also acocmplishing that by using a dramatically simpler core. The problem with that? Lower IPC.

They essentially repeating the gambit Intel unsuccessfully made: that they can increase clock speed fast enough to make up for a less efficient chip design. Time will tell if it pays off for them, but Apple's defection should indicate that not everyone is betting it will.

[Drakain Zeil]

But why do I have to wait till 2007? Rapture is at the end of this year anyway...

I want my computer to melt _now_, not in a year from now!

[rizzix]

Drakain Zeil wrote:

But why do I have to wait till 2007? Rapture is at the end of this year anyway...

I want my computer to melt _now_, not in a year from now!

Power6 is a PPC chip. As a gamer, it wouldn't affect you.

[wtd]

rizzix wrote:

Drakain Zeil wrote:

But why do I have to wait till 2007? Rapture is at the end of this year anyway...

I want my computer to melt _now_, not in a year from now!

Power6 is a PPC chip. As a gamer, it wouldn't affect you.

Ahem... I assume you mean "as a PC gamer, it wouldn't affect you."

[rizzix]

right.