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30/6/2005; 15:53:44 |
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Why, howdy. Can I fetch you up a big ol' lump of speculation? At the top end, Apple's next CPU chip is going to be the Itanium 2. It's a chance to step in where HP and others decided to walk away. Intel can give Apple a head-slappin deal, and Apple immediately inherets awesome Intel compilers. The VLIW (very long instruction word) is capale of emulating PowerPC native code very rapidly. Apple has already crafted first-rate cooling and heat management solutions for PowerPC, aspects that are needed. And there is no one better to carry Intanium 2 into the mainstream. And oh, daddy, high-end video games with the richness of Itanium 2...Frames per second gives way to seizures per hour. [Via Tom Yager] . .< 10:26:14 AM  >BBC : "The explosion in podcasting has... BBC: "The explosion in podcasting has led to home-grown shows, playing music ignored by conventional radio." [Via Scripting News] . .< 10:25:37 AM >Intel/Apple coupling could woo Hollywood Apple's hip and Intel's square. But the high-powered pairing could set the stage for a big-picture ending. [Via CNET News.com] |
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