G 4 AltiVec PowerPC revealed , Sears opens new Mac markets , CPU "staffed"
Motorola G4 demoed at WWDC , to ship by this time next year , for workstation applications ? :
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" The new G4 chip, developed by Motorola will contain AltiVec technology designed for processor-intensive applications such as media and heavy-duty scientific calculations.
... executives demonstrated the new technology, saying the G4 would
be smaller, contain more transistors (10.5 million), and use less power than the Intel Pentium III chip.
...it would run applications such as Adobe Photoshop up to one-and-a-half times faster then the G3 chip.
dailynews.yahoo.com
..., Apple executives said the company said is hoping to reach out to rural America with plans to sell iMacs in Sears, a deal announced Monday.
The company is also stocking some CompUSA stores with Apple employees in the hopes of boosting Mac sales.
And it's starting programs like a mystery shopper, who will quiz sales people about their Mac knowledge . "
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Multiple head fakes free of charge .
Maybe to calm CompUSA about Sears , for sure this PowerPC is NOT the "SMP/MPU server" G 4 .
Jim K. |
