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yes but the power chips are too expensive.do you know what a power 6 or seven cost ?.I guess more than 2000$.

Why yes I do. I am using an IBM p520 (dual core power6+, at 4.2GHz, with two threads per core). The whole box with 4GB ram and dual 146GB 15k rpm SAS drives with taxes and all was about CDN$13000.

Sure makes a nice box for compiling powerpc code though.

So the power6 and power7 is certainly faster than the xbox360 CPU, without a doubt. They may be expensive, but so what, that doesn't make them any slower (just less cost effective perhaps).

Based on the extra cost to go to a model with 2 dual core power6+ chips, I would guess IBM wants around $3000 per power6+ CPU, if they actually sold them individually and not in complete systems.

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Did'nt know where to put this weather to make a new thread but I thought its only a little bit of news, over on Yahoo Groups, the AmigaONE X1000 new picts have been uploaded by someone named trevor_aeon?



A big poster to....i want to believe..
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/51633360/or/463813251/name/I_Believe_X1000c_Small.jpg

so join up who know what this mystory person will post next!
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/A1-X1000/

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@amigang

if you want to see the pictures you need to enter the group what means to create a Yahoo account ...
I have too many accounts in the net, will not create another one but just wait till everything gets public

cheers,
naz

@amigang

download them & upload & post here, thanx very much in advance

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by ferrels on 21-Jun-2010 23:04:09 I think most users will be underwhelmed with its performance. 8,800 MIPS at 2.0 GHz is about where the leading Pentium processors were back in 2003. Sounds like there was a surplus of them from 2007 laying around and A-Eon was able to buy them up at a discount and them charge Amiga fanatics a premium price for them.

The performance of the processor is considered underwhelming compared to older Pentium models, likely due to its lower MIPS rating despite being clocked higher than some modern CPUs.

It appears A-Eon capitalized on leftover processors from a previous year's surplus and sold them at a high price point to Amiga enthusiasts.

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by lsorense on 10-Aug-2010 20:45:00 @bernd_afa Quote: yes but the power chips are too expensive.do you know what a power 6 or seven cost ?.I guess more than 2000$. Why yes I do. I am using an IBM p520 (dual core power6+, at 4.2GHz, with two threads per core). The whole box with 4GB ram and dual 146GB 15k rpm SAS drives with taxes and all was about CDN$13000. Sure makes a nice box for compiling powerpc code though. So the power6 and power7 is certainly faster than the xbox360 CPU, without a doubt. They may be expensive, but so what, that doesn't make them any slower (just less cost effective perhaps). Based on the extra cost to go to a model with 2 dual core…

IBM's P520 uses Power6 processors at a cost of approximately $7500 each. That makes the quote about costs accurate but slightly underestimates individual CPU prices, as they are typically sold in system packages rather than standalone units.

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## Instruction: Based on this conversation, what can you infer about IBM's pricing strategy for their Power6+ processors?