Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:41:58 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattleFenix.net> Cc: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>, Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>, John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Message-ID: <a05111b53b98b18bfc69c@[146.106.12.76]> In-Reply-To: <20020822205146.GA36456@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <69122C86-B56D-11D6-8C70-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net> <1029964014.226.3.camel@markx.vladsempire.net> <20020822130841.G26883@mail.seattleFenix.net> <20020822205146.GA36456@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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At 3:51 PM -0500 2002/08/22, David Kelly wrote:
> Have an Apple G4 sitting right here but not interested enough to verify
> who manufactured it to remove its heatsink. Was my understanding IBM's
> big bally-hoo'ed copper chip process was being used and that most if not
> all G4's were manufactured by IBM.
Nope. IBM only recently licensed the AltiVec technology from
Motorola, and so far as I know hasn't used it in any chips. They
still make the faster G3 chips, but only Motorola makes the G4 chips.
Most any Mac sold in the last two or three years with a G3 has a
chip from IBM, and any Mac sold with a G4 must have had it sourced
from Motorola.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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