New IBM PowerPC chip uses Hypertransport?

"Alex Johnson" wrote in message

Yousuf Khan wrote:
Looks like Apple's G5 with the 64-bit IBM chip is going to be using
Hypertransport like the Opteron and A64. It's the second chip
family using it.

Yousuf Khan


Read the article. Not yet convinced. G5 (aka PPC970) will be a nice
step up for Apple and it has a great bus from what I've heard. But
not
an AMD bus unless IBM rushed out in the last few months and licensed
it
and did a rush-job respin of their silicon. Last I heard the PPC970
is
a low-end/low-cost derivative of the Power4. It features (last I
heard) the Power4 bus that races along at 1/4 the core frequency, or
in this
case 450MHz. My news came from CNET, Ars Technica, ZD Net, etc (who
reported what is hard to remember a few months later, but no
unsubstantiated wishful articles by Mac fans nor Inquirer words).

If this has changed I'd certainly like to know. Since PPC970 is
supposed to be a low-cost platform, a shift AWAY from Power4 bus is
logical since that thing has got to COST.


Read the article. Not yet convinced

Convinced yet?