90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #21
I have assembed some info on power utilization and die sizes on the various G4 and G5 chips out there, in this post.
Some relevant points about an iMac G5 and a PowerBook G5 inclu…
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90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #22
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Oh do I wish it were so... but did you see the fans on the thing?!
Servers are supposed to have heavy duty fans, high power, fast fans that move a ton …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #23
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Originally posted by Eug:
If this low power 1.6 GHz number is true, then it would be perfect for both an iMac G5 and PowerBook G5 refresh, at around 1.2 GHz for …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #24
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
The reason is that even a 1.6 GHz @ 90 nm G5, can barely be used in a Powerbook, according to current evidence.
Would you ple…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #25
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
I still find hard to believe that Apple will use the current (90 nm) G5 in the Powerbooks. The reason is that even a 1.6 GHz @ 90 …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #26
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Originally posted by issa:
Would you please share this "evidence" with the rest of us? Links to power specifications, etc. would be most appreciated. (I can't see…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #27
Pierre B.,
Thanks, anyway. The math and extrapolations are all well and understandable; but I was hoping to see actual manufacturer's specs to draw my own conclusions. Can't help …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #28
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Originally posted by issa:
Can't help but feel there may be more involved here.
Of course there are more parameters involved and we know nothing about these…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #29
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
Eug has summarised most if not all of the publicly available specifications. With a G5 130 nm 1.8 GHz running at 47 W, and the 1.2…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #30
The sad part for the state of PowerBooks is the fact that my 2002 TiBook still has 4/5ths the CPU speed of the 2004 AluBook. The G5 PowerBook needs to appear as soon as possible.
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #31
Getting in late in this discussion, so let's just jump in:
Since the introduction of the G5, I've been fantasizing about the laptop version. Yum! But Apple has lots of hurdles ahe…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #32
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Originally posted by mchang:
Getting in late in this discussion, so let's just jump in:
Since the introduction of the G5, I've been fantasizing about the laptop …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #33
The 1W number is their target average consumption. That is definitely a marketing number. Even at 2x or 3x that number, though, 3W is pretty miserly.
Intel has designed a mobile, …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #34
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Originally posted by mchang:
Intel has designed a mobile, power-friendly processor from basically the ground up, so IBM and Apple will have to compete with that, …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #35
With the introduction of the 90nm G5s the propect of G5 Powerbooks is a lot more realistic than it was just two months ago. Even without in-chip clock steppings the chipset can aut…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #36
I thought I read that IBM wouldn't be delivering the 90nm G5 until the fall at earliest. Probably won't be seeing 3GHz in the 130nm.
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #37
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Originally posted by mchang:
I thought I read that IBM wouldn't be delivering the 90nm G5 until the fall at earliest. Probably won't be seeing 3GHz in the 130nm. …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #38
my bad, read it wrong. they were sampling LAST autumn, not this coming autumn .
w00t.
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #39
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Originally posted by mchang:
The 1W number is their target average consumption. That is definitely a marketing number. Even at 2x or 3x that number, though, 3W is…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #40
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Originally posted by Eug:
Yes, the Pentium M is an excellent chip, and I believe that the G5 90 nm laptop CPUs won't be quite as power efficient. However, I do no…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #41
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
How do you think such a G5@1.5 GHz would compare against a Pentium M at, say, 1.6 GHz? I mean calculation power, not power consump…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #42
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Originally posted by Eug:
I dunno. I'd just be guessing, but I'd say it'd be in the same ballpark, with the edge going to the Pentium M 1.6 on average.
Of c…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #43
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
Of course there is the test software issue, so anyway things would not be clear. However, do you know how the Pentium M compares t…
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #44
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I fully believe that IBM has a 1.5+ GHz chip in the works that has a maximum wattage in the ballpark of 25 Watts.
Yes, but I'm not so sure its the .09u …
90 nm G5s announced. G5 PowerBooks soon? — #45
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Originally posted by cowerd:
Yes, but I'm not so sure its the .09u 970 thats in the Xserve.
The footprint seems a little small for a CPU--like it was missing som…