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In article <DCsx8L.18r1@austin.ibm.com>, 
medcalf@ppc5.svo.dfw.ibm.com280-5970IBMSDO says...
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>In article <3vhkof$rmd@spider.lloyd.com>, brobin@spider.lloyd.com 
(brobin) writes:
>> I agree completely. The PPC has to be a major embarrassment to the 
>> IBM/MOTO/APPLE consortium. With IBM having more PH.D.'s then many
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>2 million CPUs times about $400 per CPU is about $800 million in revenue.
>Oh yeah, IBM should cry.  Uh huh.  Right.
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When you consider the talent available, the hype about how the PPC
was going to completely "blow away" the x86 line, and the reputation
of the industry giants involved, I think embarrasment is a good word
to describe what is after all a rather underwhelming processor.
Very marginally better performance than a antiquated design (the
consortiums own words) is hardly impressive. We all remember the
PPC adds in the trade magazines that showed the PPC performance
curves FAR exceeding the x86 line. Now it seems that if anything, the
P6 may actually leave the PPC behind! If this isn't an embarrasment
to IBM etc, than I wonder what it takes.

Bob R.