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90nm PowerMac G5s in March 2004?

Appleinsider posted a small update today which claims that second generation PowerMac G5s would make an appearance by March 2004. The new machines are reported to have advanced features including 533 DDR II RAM support and up to 1.5GHz bus as well as the incorporation of 90nm G5s and "Power Tune" technology.



As previously reported, IBM will be presenting 90nm PowerPC 970 technology at the ISSCC in Feb 2004. First reference to "PowerTune" was seen in the advance program (PDF) where it is briefly described under "PowerTune: Advanced Frequency and Power Scaling on 64b PowerPC Microprocessor" (Page 59)




    PowerTune is a power-management technique for a multi-gigahertz superscalar 64b PowerPC processor in a 90nm technology. This paper discusses the challenges and implementation of a dynamically controlled clock frequency with noise suppression as well as a synchronization circuit for a multi-processor system.


It's not completely clear how these 90nm G5 machines would fit with Appleinsider's previous claim that PowerMacs would see revisions in January 2004.

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108 months ago
Soooo anybody wanna buy my Dual 2.0GHz G5? =D
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108 months ago
As Steve said - very promising roadmap!
This PowerTune feature sounds like one of Apple´s request to be able to cram the G5 in a PowerBook...
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108 months ago
announce in january, ship in march......

no, apple would never do that
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108 months ago
1.5Ghz Bus... Would it be safe to say these are going to be 3Ghz Chips then?
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108 months ago
Stating the obvious:

1.5GHz bus == 3.0GHz processors at the high end.
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108 months ago
um cool!
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108 months ago

Originally posted by JtheLemur
Soooo anybody wanna buy my Dual 2.0GHz G5? =D


LOL yeah me 2 :D

DDR 2,1.5Ghz OMG!!!!!!!!!
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108 months ago
or still summer wait?
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108 months ago
Actually, the article just says the system controller will suppoprt up to 1.5GHz. Which would seem to put the post-3.0GHz machines will need a revamped controller ...
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108 months ago
3 gig in march?

or summer still...
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