There have been a few recent PowerPC announcements that have caused the Mac Faithful to wonder anew about The Switch and the "real" reasons behind it. First, there was the 970FX announcement ...

The PowerPC 970FX is the first chip to fuse SOI, copper wiring, and strained silicon technologies, which has resulted in greater performance improvements compared to the Power 4. But the other ...

IBM has posted the first official information of the PowerPC 970FX (90nm PowerPC) in this PDF entitled "IBM PowerPC Quick Reference Guide". According to the document (page 10), the PowerPC 970FX ...

The new PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX, which users of Apple’s Power Mac and iMac computers know as the G5 processor.

IBM said that the net result is that the PowerPC 970FX can perform the same or even faster than comparable processors while using less electricity, and as a by-product, generating less heat.

Is the PowerPC G5 notebook at hand? An IBM chip designer details power-saving PowerTune technology that will let the processor work in mobile and server platforms.

CNET News takes a look at IBM's PowerPC 970FX chip and the likely roadmap IBM plans to take the POWER line. From the article: The next-generation chip will have technology that lets it run ...

The new PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX, which users of Apple Computer’s Power Mac and iMac computers know as the G5 processor, IDG News Service’s Tom Krazit reported.

The G5 (PowerPC 970FX) CPU supports 64-bit addresses and data, in contrast to its 32-bit G4 predecessor, as well as a full-duplex FSB. Other enhancements include a larger, faster L1-cache subsystem, ...

IBM has released details about two new PowerPC chips designed for entry-level servers and PCs. The PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX, which is commonly found in Macintosh ...

But given the relatively power-hungry nature of the IBM PowerPC 970FX processor--Apple has dubbed the 970FX and its predecessor, the 970, "G5" chips--a G5 PowerBook would require compromises in ...

IBM's PowerPC 970FX—the processor used in new Xserves from Apple—has been declared "the best desktop processor of 2003." The chip has won the In-Sat/MDR analyst choice awards, which are granted in ...