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Saturday, August 10, 2002
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/08/09/020809hn64bitibm.xml IBM to release 64-bit desktop chip Tom Krazit IBM will release a new desktop chip for its PowerPC line based on technology from its server chips this October, according to an industry analyst. IBM will create a "stripped-down version of the Power4" for the PowerPC market, said Kevin Krewell, senior editor of the Microprocessor Report and general manager at market research company In-Stat/MDR. The 64-bit chip will use an eight-way superscalar pipeline, which allows the chip to process eight different instructions during a single clock cycle. The chip will be able to process data at up to 6.4G bytes a second, and will contain a vector processing unit that can perform more than 160 specialized vector instructions. Vector processing allows the same instruction to be applied to multiple units of data simultaneously, an advantage when working with graphics-intensive programs....
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