Macminute: The G5 is designed for dul processor systems. It offers 215 in-flight instructions (the G4 can only do 16), an optimized Velocity engine, two double precision floating points, two fload store units, massive branch prediction logic, 130 nanometer process, silicon on insulator, and 8 layer copper interconnects. [14:18 ET]
The G5 runs current 32-bit apps natively, runs up to 2GHz, 1GHz front-side bus (fastest bus ever says Jobs). [14:16 ET]
For the chip Apple turned to IBM. The G5 is the world's first 64-bit processor, notes Jobs. [14:15 ET]
"We are delivering today the world's fastest personal computer," says Jobs. [14:14 ET]
The new system features 400 MHz 128-bit DDR memory, AGP 8X Pro Graphics,
(Bewerkt door arjan om 20:23, 23-06-2003)