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Motorola 1.5GHz chip for PowerBook G4

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edited February 2004 in Science & Tech
Motorola today updated its G4-class PowerPC processor, the MPC7447, taking the part to 1.5GHz and paving the way for one more PowerBook G4 update the line before its upgraded to IBM's 90nm G5 chip, the 970FX.

[blockquote]At 1.42GHz, the chip consumes 20W of power, Motorola claims, which compares well to the 7447's 21.3W at 1.33GHz. The company also mentions a lower power version of the 7447A that consumes less than 9.3W at 1.167GHz, which seems no better than the old 7447's claimed 7.5W at 1GHz. The low-power 7447A has a core voltage of 1.1V; the regular 7447A runs at 1.3V.
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  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    All the G4 cube people I know are excited because it means they can put a modern processor in their cube without making their VRM explode.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    drasnor wrote:
    All the G4 cube people I know are excited because it means they can put a modern processor in their cube without making their VRM explode.

    -drasnor :fold:

    lol... all the G4 cube people? How many could you possibly know? I've been a mac guy for years and I know exactly ONE G4 Cube owner ;D:vimp:
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Two. And then there's the CubeOwner forums people.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    lol... all the G4 cube people? How many could you possibly know? I've been a mac guy for years and I know exactly ONE G4 Cube owner ;D:vimp:

    yeah ... I know that guy too :D
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    I know one.... maybe the same guy
    Such a great concept, looks so cool, such a piece of crap.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    It's like every other Apple machine I've ever seen: great idea, poor implementation. Changing as few as four things would have made it an outstanding machine, without peer.

    In case you were wondering, those things were:
    1) High-current voltage regulator circuitry.
    2) Space to mount a full-height AGP card.
    3) Skivved copper-finned processor heatsink.
    4) DDR-SDRAM.

    -drasnor :fold:
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