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Power 6 pegged for 5GHz+
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 00:49, 31st December 2006 GMT
Source: C/NET News
IBMs Power6 is now expected to ship with over 5GHz clock speeds.
Power6 had been pegged in the 4-5GHz range but documents now suggest numbers north of 5GHz. Of course, we all know clock speeds are far from being the be-all and end-all of processor performance but the Power architecture has taken plenty of knocks in the past for not keeping up. Way back in 2003, Jobs promised hard-core Apple folks that the IBM chips would be at 3GHz within 12 months. The failure to hit that spot is seen by some as a contributory factor to the eventual Intel switch.
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