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Powerpc g5 processor3/14/2024 ![]() ![]() When the chip finally ships, it won't be cheap. Both, say our source, are set to be fixed with the next revision, version 0.6, due early next month. Meanwhile, the cache problem, now found to be the result of two separate bugs, one effecting the integrity of data held in the cache and the other relating to the part's multiprocessing features. Initial benchmarks supplied by our source suggest the G5 is pretty fast indeed: GHzīy comparison, Intel's 2GHz Pentium 4 has recorded SpecInt2000 and SpecFP2000 scores of 656 and 714, respectively, according to If accurate, the G5 figures are impressive indeed. This new revision has brought a 16-fold increase in yields, and those chips that do function all function the same at an equivalent clock speed." Says our source: "What this problem meant is that a few chips ran at full speed, and others only ran at 601 speeds or below at an equivalent MHz, and most chips did not work at all.
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