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Greetings, Power Architecture readers,
The PowerPCs powering this year's crop of game consoles is just another sign
of innovation within IBM Microelectronics. IBM produced the first
copper-based microprocessors in the late 1990s; the first
commercially viable implementation of silicon-on-insulator in the same
time frame, and introduced low-k dielectric shortly after.
And now IBM is announcing the 405 and 440, fully synthesizable PowerPC
cores.
In this issue, you hear from Norm Kelly of Synopsys on the debate between
in-house and commercial EDA tools and about the PowerPC 440 core; guru Dale
Elson gives tips on the new PowerPC 750GL; and we round up the latest coverage of
the hot, new PowerPC-based gaming consoles, of Cell, and of the recent
IBM and Chartered announcements. Plus, find open source Firmware, free IBM
Microelectronics WebSeries broadcasts, and the opportunity to attend
Power.org in Barcelona from the comfort of your own office.
After this issue (which is a week later than usual so we could coordinate
with newly announced initiatives), we are going on a short hiatus -- we will
be back to our usual publishing schedule on July 1.
Thanks,
Kane Scarlett
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