Google's new MoBo based on an IBM processor

[xNeon]

I guess IBM really only makes processors for business applications but maybe google will start making boards for consumers? Could we see IBM competing with Intel and AMD in the future?

 

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/openpower/?mbid=social_twitter

[Mo5]

It would take a very long time before we would see IBM chips for mainstream consumers... it's not just the chip+mobo, but all the programs would have to be rewritten to utilise the new architecture AFAIK

[Eroda]

yeah its more about the software, IBM used to be in the consumer market up until apple switched to intel CPU's

[coreRoss]

IBM used to be in the desktop processor industry with Apple but IBM never put the funding in and Apple eventually went to Intel.

 

I think this is just IBM trying to gain a bit of the ARM business and Google try not to rely on Intel to much. They have there Crome Books, a little test run in the larger scale OS, so you could certainly see Google trying to destroy windows in the future.

[LOLPhilips]

Yarrrrr,

 

I be wanting to see this.

I hope they can shiver me timbers.

But if they are trying, it be a long time before anything comes out of this.

[LAwLz]

It's a Power8 chip so no, we won't see it in consumer PCs.

No x86 programs works on it (Windows, new versions of OS X or any programs for these two patforma) and that makes it completely useless for most people.

[Guest]

IBM used to be in the desktop processor industry with Apple but IBM never put the funding in and Apple eventually went to Intel.

 

I think this is just IBM trying to gain a bit of the ARM business and Google try not to rely on Intel to much. They have there Crome Books, a little test run in the larger scale OS, so you could certainly see Google trying to destroy windows in the future.

I don't see any OS taking over Windows and OSX in the future unless all the popular software gets ported over, which is unlikely. The only way I see it being possible is if you can install linux applications or even install apks

[qwertywarrior]

"Companies like Google don’t want to rely solely on Intel. They want competition in the market. They want to play one chip maker off another. "

 

thank you google

[Covalent]

I don't see any OS taking over Windows and OSX in the future unless all the popular software gets ported over, which is unlikely. The only way I see it being possible is if you can install linux applications or even install apks

TBH, while we as enthusiasts may not want to go without certain software, the average consumer doesn't really need anything but a web browser to do their daily tasks. It may seem weird to us to not have lots of popular software available, but to the majority of people it doesn't sound any different to what they are doing now with their computers.

[Musikman]

But will it fold?

[mr moose]

IBM used to be in the desktop processor industry with Apple but IBM never put the funding in and Apple eventually went to Intel.

 

I think this is just IBM trying to gain a bit of the ARM business and Google try not to rely on Intel to much. They have there Crome Books, a little test run in the larger scale OS, so you could certainly see Google trying to destroy windows in the future.

 

It will take a lot more than google to destroy windows,  yet having said that, when most applications move to the cloud the os will simply become the browser. That is why I think MS are moving toward free versions of windows. 

[coreRoss]

It will take a lot more than google to destroy windows,  yet having said that, when most applications move to the cloud the os will simply become the browser. That is why I think MS are moving toward free versions of windows. 

 

I agree with that