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Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: kelly on July 21, 2003, 11:35:38 AM

Title: IBM Will Offer 970 Based Servers
Post by: kelly on July 21, 2003, 11:35:38 AM
Interesting. smile.gif

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/07/20.1.shtml

Not necessarily bad news for Apple.  smile.gif
Title: IBM Will Offer 970 Based Servers
Post by: Mrious_be on July 21, 2003, 03:49:04 PM
gosh... not sure... sounds like IBM is playing it smart.
Using Apple to promote it's own hardware now.
I bet it never mentioned this while talking to Apple about the G5 contract deals.

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Title: IBM Will Offer 970 Based Servers
Post by: Spartacus on July 22, 2003, 01:09:57 AM
Actually, IBM said it would be using the 970 CPUs for themselves in their Chip newsletters a long time ago.

Although the PPC 970 was especially designed for Apple, it is not exclusively licenced.
Title: IBM Will Offer 970 Based Servers
Post by: Mrious_be on July 22, 2003, 12:01:42 PM
QUOTE(Spartacus @ Jul 22 2003, 8:09 AM)
Although the PPC 970 was especially designed for Apple, it is not exclusively licenced.

 Yeah, that's what i thought.
Anless Apple really contracted IBM to develop the chip, but i know they didn't.

Well i wouldn't buy a server anyway... don't think i can use it in my home setup wink.gif