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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => CPU Upgrades => Topic started by: Protools5LEGuy on April 04, 2014, 08:12:42 PM

Title: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on April 04, 2014, 08:12:42 PM: After Aprils Fools Day ;D Let's especulate about Freescale making a "Quad" G4 using 2 7448 dual cores on a cpu module with 8 Mb L3 cache.
-afro- ;D
Even if OS9 barely could use the second one. 8)

I allowed 2 votes per user and let the user to change the vote, but I encourage poll users to write why you vote at, and why you change your vote >:( ;D

Just for fun.
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on April 04, 2014, 08:25:15 PM: We have https://www.kickstarter.com/start (https://www.kickstarter.com/start)
We are now 330 members! All G4 users/fanboys are not here. Some are "Die Hard" OSX, probably most. :-[

Do the math : 500 users supporting with 10 bucks everyone is 5000$. Enought to pay some technicians 3 weeks, a lawyer and Freescale especialist.

In a month we could be reserving our cpu module board for 150 $ or 180 €.

OWC should have it on catalog on Q4 2014. ::)
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: supernova777 on April 05, 2014, 09:16:56 PM: april fools :'( -afro- -afro-
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on April 06, 2014, 07:37:52 AM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_e600 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_e600)
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC7448 (http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC7448)
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8641D (http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8641D)
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8640 (http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8640)
http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1054696 (http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1054696)

When the last cpu module for G4s was designed? I think were 7447 and 7448 cpus.

The MPC8641D is dual core L1: 32kB I/D L2: 1MB with ECC, Dual e600 Power Architecture core, up to 1.5GHz each, 2.3MIPS/MHz and can get Dual 64b DDR2, up to 600MHz with ECC.

This 8641D is dual core and noone has made a cpu module with it
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on April 06, 2014, 07:45:17 AM: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?code=MPC8XXX7XXX (http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?code=MPC8XXX7XXX)
Says that 7447 and 7448 has cpu socket FCBGA 360, and the "news" ones FCBGA 483, 783, 994 and 1023
All them have e600 and e500 core
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on April 06, 2014, 07:56:09 AM: http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/freescale-and-missing-plane-from.html (http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/freescale-and-missing-plane-from.html)

This cpu module can be a tribute to all that desapeared plane people
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: IIO on June 23, 2014, 03:55:33 PM: you can have 4 G4 processors in a 933 but putting 3 powercore cards in it.
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on June 23, 2014, 04:19:45 PM: Quote from: 110 on June 23, 2014, 03:55:33 PM

you can have 4 G4 processors in a 933 but putting 3 powercore cards in it.

If you put this freescale proc with 4 powercore would be an octa core...
:) ;)
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: MacTron on June 23, 2014, 05:15:05 PM: Quote from: 110 on June 23, 2014, 03:55:33 PM

you can have 4 G4 processors in a 933 but putting 3 powercore cards in it.
The PowerCore don't have a Power PC G4. It only have a MPC8245 (Integrated Host Processor with Integrated PCI) with a 603e processor core at 200-300 Mhz.
We can call it G2, more or less, LOL
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: IIO on June 23, 2014, 05:44:00 PM: you could go back to a 9600 then you can add 6 powercore cards.

first komputah with hexa G2 PPC.
Title: Re: Would you buy a new Freescale cpu module with Quad Core for your G4?
Post by: MacTron on June 23, 2014, 06:05:39 PM: Quote from: 110 on June 23, 2014, 05:44:00 PM
you could go back to a 9600 then you can add 6 powercore cards.

first komputah with hexa G2 PPC.
... and 24 Motorola 56K DSPs! wow! LOL