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From: bright.communication@f...<bright.communication@f...>
Date: Wed Mar 31 20:38:16 CEST 2004
Subject: [openppc] Re: OpenPPC Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
I know this that Marvell and MAI works and want to design a chipset for
ppc970 but the idea is to do low cost system - stb or as another
discusion partner say DMB - digital media box.
we want to integrate in the box a HW MPEG2/MPEG4 decoder and this is
the ground to use ppc750 - it's only for add. function as control a WIFI
or Ethernet for media straming in house, TV program controll and you
have add Linux System in house - you can make with them what you
want ;) - this is the idea , not a high end system
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Edward Dore<edward.dore@b...>
To:
Date: Thu Apr 1 20:10:29 CEST 2004
Subject: [openppc] Re: OpenPPC Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
> Both Mai and Marvell are planing to produce 3rd party PPC970
> chipsets
> (Articia I, Articia IS and one of the Marvell Discovery III
> chipsets)
> IBM will also provide a chipset known only as CPC925 IIRC. Apple DO
> NOT
> use IBM chpisets, they develop thier own. So G5 systems wouldn't
> necasserily be that expensive or Apple clones. The economies of
> scale
> problem that plauges PowerPC and other RISC chips will probably be
> with
> us for a while but it's getting better, especialy as the G5 is now
> in
> the XBos, that should push processor cost down. A non-Apple
comapny
> could probably make G5 system's to compete w/Athlon FX and Pentium
> 4 EE
> systems on price and perforamance. The 750 aka G3 series have
> issues
> when used in SMP mode. They require a large software overhead to
> make up
> for features missing on the chips. They also lag way behind the G5
> in
> clock speeds witha Max of 1.1Ghz on the 750GX.
> Edward
> > Apple G5 have a very good processor 970 from IBM, but the CPU
> is only
> > a hearth of a system and if you want to get a good solution
> you need a
> > chipset - you know a free on market chipset for ppc970 ? I
> don't
> > on the other side if you get this chipset - you can do only a
> Apple
> > clone and this shall be 100% expensive like Apple and our idea
> is not
> > to design a Apple clone a new ppc chipset with PCI-Ex need
> also a 970
> > CPU - do you know how cost this ? I know and when you can't
> get a
> > commitment for xxx.000 per year forgot this idea .
> > I think a design with ppc750/fx/gx , maybe a dual system as
> option is
> > for more people good enough
>
>
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