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To: Paul Engel who wrote (38365)10/30/1997 12:23:00 PM
From: Richard Habib  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Hello Paul,

If you get a chance I'd like to hear your comments regarding the following article from "The Source"

"IBM To Unveil 1.1 GHz PowerPC
According to a TechWeb article this afternoon, IBM is slated to demonstrate a new 64-bit PowerPC processor capable of clock speed exceeding 1.1 GHz. The demo is expected at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference next February in San Fransisco. Despite the very impressive clock speed, the most interesting aspect of the design is that it is manufactured using a 0.15 micron process. Whether or not this is in any way connected with the Project 2K chips under design at Somerset is unknown."

Of course PowerPCs have always outperformed Intel chips but still haven't broken into the mainstream. The wild card in this case may be Apple's Rhapsody OS to be marketed in 98 as "Unity". Interesting name given it will supposedly run Windows, Mac and Next software. My thoughts are that we are approaching another watershed event in computing. If the speed of processors is such that even emulation software enables you to run non-native applications as fast as you can click, consumers are more likely to buy the fastest chip available regardless of platform. I respectfully submit that we may be missing where the competition is going to come from in 1998 and beyond.

Rich Habib
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