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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (38040)	5/2/2001 9:37:05 PM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

IBM releases next PowerPC roadmap by David Read May 2, 2001, 8:00 am ET maccentral.macworld.com some tidbits. ...The items first on IBM's list are DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM support and a 128-bit 166MHz Core Connect. The new roadmap also says that IBM will be moving from a .18-micron manufacturing process to a .13-micron SOI (Silicon On Insulator) manufacturing process.... ... Most notably among these is IBM's RapidIO Interconnect architecture. This technology allows faster chip-to-chip and chip-to-board communications, features essential to any computer. But, RapidIO has been developed for and is being targeted to the high-performance embedded market. IBM's leanings in this direction shouldn't adversely affect desktop customers, most notably Apple, as IBM repeated that it's strategic goal is to be core-based, power efficient, scalable and software transparent.... ...Another interesting tidbit is that later PowerPC processors from IBM will feature an integrated SIMD Engine...