[Web] Genesi: Small number of Pegasos I / G4 available | ANN.lu |
Posted on 16-Jul-2003 04:11 GMT by Martin 'Senex' Heine | 117 comments View flat View list |
Now available is the first CPU upgrade card for the Pegasos. Taking advantage of the flexible, expandable and open architecture, Genesi is delivering a G4 upgrade card to take your computing experiences to the next level!
Pegasos G4 CPU Card
Now available is a processor card sporting the Motorola 7447 running at 1Ghz or more. The 7447 is the latest in the 4th generation (G4) PowerPC lineup from Motorola, offering an improved performance base over the previous generation (G3) series of processors. In addition to a larger cache, the 7447 offers more pipelines, an improved front side bus (FSB) and most of all, a SIMD unit called the Altivec. Altivec offers a dedicated on-chip vector engine, capable of delivering over a Gflops (billion floating point operations per second) while remaining affordable to the average user.
We have prepared a PDF document (4.7meg) describing many of the G4 processor's architectural benefits.
A small number of Pegasos 1 / April 2 systems are available with this G4 card for 499 Euros.
Please contact bbrv@genesi.lu if you are interested in this offer.
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Posted by MarkTime on 16-Jul-2003 14:40 GMT | In reply to Comment 53 (Alfred Schwarz): "I'm wondering where MAI gets it's money for developing, it cannot be from a few Teron/AmigaOne/Pegasos1 boards, that's sure.
So I think they are selling something more, and I think they wouldn't develop new Articia chips if the "old" Articia S wasn't used somewhere, there must be a demand for them.
Just my two cents. "
Scenario: failure. They develop a new one based on experience in the market and customer feedback. They need a new one to be competitive, and this is their best chance for success.
Scenario: success. They do a follow-up based on an earlier success and hope to continue evolving in this dynamic marketplace. They need a new one.
Can't tell anything because they are developing a new one, need more facts to make a conclusion.
I would be surpised if Mai is more than one guy, desigining chips in his basement, probably wears his pajama's all day long.
Is that an extraordinarily bad guess? probably...it is a terrible guess, but nevertheless its a bit like 'the price is right' sometimes the best guess will be the person who just guess Zero dollars, cause the operation is so small you just cannot be too far off from the truth if you stick to a zero baseline.
Mai is a small player, we do know they are fooling around with eyetech and, earlier, terrasoft, so they aren't that big. Hopefully their products will be successful, but not so successful that it doesn't make any economic sense for them to continue fooling around with eyetech. |
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