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To: Ibexx who wrote (47009)	2/3/1998 12:22:00 AM
From: Richard Habib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ibexx, here's a rough test of the new copper PowerPC. Quote Next-generation Mac prototype sneak-peak Thanks to reliable sources at Apple, Rumors has been give a sneak peak at a prototype Mac, based on a next-generation Gossamer motherboard (part of the development efforts for the Gossamer II, but with major modifications), that operated using a beta-quality silicon/copper G4 PowerPC processor. Although the prototype seen by Rumors' sources was not running an operating system (no current Apple OS supports the 64-bit, multiple-processors-on-one-chip next-generation CPU), a crude benchmark system was configured using OpenFirmware (details here were sketchy, to protect the identities of the sources and the Apple/Motorola engineers who rigged the prototype on what appears to be an unofficial basis) to compare the system, running a 750Mhz G4 -- reportedly referred to as an "801" -- against a 300Mhz PowerPC 750-based PowerMac G3. Although the system was by no means indicative of how well operating systems and software will run on top of the processors, the G4 -- with no Level 2 cache at all, vs. the G3 which had 1mb at 300Mhz -- reported numbers as high as eight times those of the G3. Also reported by the sources present at the informal event: there is apparently a low-cost/low-power version of the G4 in early development, to run in notebook and low-end computers. Its power usage will be similar to that of the current crop of G3s, and was referred to as the "803." Very exciting news for those who are depending on the bright future of the PowerPC -- which appears to be very bright, indeed. Unquote Not that the PowerPC will ever gain much more market share than it has but this at least gives us an idea of what the future holds. The G3 300 is about equivalent to the PII 333. Rich