From: Adam Flinton 

Robert Bononno wrote:
> Interesting. I had heard of this a while ago, but I was wondering what
> happened to Motorola? Just couldn't deliver the goods fast enough? Or
> did they abandon PPC production entirely?
>
>

 From what I can gather they reckon their future is in embedded
processors (e.g. in cars, printers, mobile phones) where the emphasis is on
low power/cold running rather than absolute performance.

I reckon this is something IBM & Apple should have sorted a while back
as both are commited to high perf computers running on PPC where moto
isn't.

Adam


> In article ,
>  Adam Flinton  wrote:
>
>
>>http://www.envestco2.com/macwhispers/archives/000071.php
>>
>>"With the entire Mac world abuzz with (often conflicting) reports of the
>>Apple transition to the IBM PowerPC 970 processor family, we have
>>decided to report a summary of all that we know at this time... not from
>>regurgitated rumors obtained from other web sites, but from our own OEM
>>contacts in the Apple supply pipeline.
>>
>>We have no software information sources; all information we receive
>>comes from people working in various positions in and around plants in
>>Taiwan that actually supply parts or perform hardware assembly
>>operations on Apple products. So, we have to leave the software
>>speculation to sites such as Think Secret and, it now seems, eWeek.
>>
>>What we know at this point is as follows:
>>
>>- The IBM PPC 970 chips are now actually in volume production for only
>>two specific end uses: IBM's own servers, and for Apple Computer.
>>
>>- The plant contracted for assembly of the new Power Mac is now actually
>>manufacturing production Power Macs with single PPC 970 processors.
>>
>>- The plant contracted for assembly of the new 15.4-inch Powerbook has
>>just now begun manufacturing production Powerbooks with the PPC 970
>>processor.
>>
>>- The new Power Mac has a sister model with a 2-processor motherboard
>>that is not yet in actual production, but that could be put into
>>production at any time.
>>
>>- The new Power Mac has a new case design with "metallic look
plastics,"
>>and a front panel "mostly made with the same anodized aluminum
surface"
>>as the newest Powerbooks.
>>
>>- The new Power Mac retains "handles," though not in the
same form as
>>the current design."
>>
>>I wonder when OSX is due to go 64 bit.....
>>
>>Adam
>>
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