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According to href="http://www2.marketwatch.com/quotes/articles.asp
?nx=++36683.4326388889+428160107&articleid=428
160107&date=&symb=AAPL&sid=609">this
MarketWatch article, IBM has introduced new
PPC's:

- The PowerPC 750CX and 750CXe
microprocessors; ranging in speeds from 350 to 700
MHz, they use IBM's advanced 0.18 micron copper
wiring technology and incorporate 256K of high speed
on-chip L2 cache, designed to enhance system
performance and reduce system costs.

- New "superstructure" products (PowerPC 405GP,
405CR, 440 GP)

The PowerPC 750CX (href="http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/powerpc/chips/750cx_
pb.pdf">pdf) and 750CXe are G3 baased
processors href="https://www.macrumors.com/article.php3?sid=200
00525163418">that ZDNet speculated on - and may
appear in the next iteration of Powerbook.

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