> Also, to ask my own question, did I hear someone say recently on this
list that IBM might use Apple chips in it's PPC machines? Or am I
confusing things?
That would be silly: Apple doesn't make chips, it just designs them,
has them manufactured by other companies, and sells them (neatly
packaged, it must be said). In the case of CPUs, Apple doesn't even
design those, but `works closely' with Motorola and IBM to get the
specs right.
Sorry, I meant Apple designed chips, not Apple manufactured. Bad
wording. :^/ To rephrase the question, I think I was talking about
Apple's northbridge (I think) controller, which IBM manufactures and
is supposed to be using in their new blades. If the new
servers/blades run Linux, someone will have to write drivers for the
chip, and if it's the same one in the G5, this will be good, right?
NRH
