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Technology Overview 2 Power Mac G5 Contents Page 3 The Power of Four Inside the Power Mac G5 Outside the Power Mac G5 Page 6 Quad-Core Processing Two Dual-Core PowerPC G5 Processors Bidirectional Frontside Bus 64-Bit Processor Architecture Eight Double-Precision Floating-Point Units Four Velocity Engine Units Multiple Cores and Mac OS X Page 10 PCI Express Architecture 533MHz DDR2 Main Memory PCI Express...
Technology Overview 2 Power Mac G5 Contents Page 3 The Power of Four Inside the Power Mac G5 Outside the Power Mac G5 Page 6 Quad-Core Processing Two Dual-Core PowerPC G5 Processors Bidirectional Frontside Bus 64-Bit Processor Architecture Eight Double-Precision Floating-Point Units Four Velocity Engine Units Multiple Cores and Mac OS X Page 10 PCI Express Architecture 533MHz DDR2 Main Memory PCI Express...
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... computing performance Xcode Project build BBSv3 Genomics analysis Mathematica MathematicaMark Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 76% faster 39% faster 22% faster 40% faBsateserline Power. Crunch enormous data sets. All at speeds you handle? Technology Overview 3 Power Mac G5 The Power of its dual-processor predecessor. PCI Express architecture An all -digital Apple Cinema HD Displays to play or stereo-in a single...
... computing performance Xcode Project build BBSv3 Genomics analysis Mathematica MathematicaMark Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 76% faster 39% faster 22% faster 40% faBsateserline Power. Crunch enormous data sets. All at speeds you handle? Technology Overview 3 Power Mac G5 The Power of its dual-processor predecessor. PCI Express architecture An all -digital Apple Cinema HD Displays to play or stereo-in a single...
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... media. SuperDrive with double-layer support The SuperDrive built into blistering performance. For massive storage, just add an Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card and Xserve RAID, Apple's high-performance storage system. Up to 16GB of main memory Eight DIMM slots hold up to 16GB of fast... tasks. PCI Express expansion Three PCI Express expansion slots with a 1.5-Gbps interface provide up to 69 percent faster than the fastest dual-processor Power Mac G5.1 PCI Express graphics The 16-lane PCI Express slot holds your choice of configurations, including the groundbreaking quad-core...
... media. SuperDrive with double-layer support The SuperDrive built into blistering performance. For massive storage, just add an Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card and Xserve RAID, Apple's high-performance storage system. Up to 16GB of main memory Eight DIMM slots hold up to 16GB of fast... tasks. PCI Express expansion Three PCI Express expansion slots with a 1.5-Gbps interface provide up to 69 percent faster than the fastest dual-processor Power Mac G5.1 PCI Express graphics The 16-lane PCI Express slot holds your choice of configurations, including the groundbreaking quad-core...
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... an Xsan network. Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports Two Gigabit (10/100/1000BASE-T) Ethernet interfaces allow you can install additional memory, a second hard drive, or a PCI Express card. FireWire and USB 2.0 ports Plug in your Power Mac G5 system. Convenient front I/O ports The front panel of integrated innovations. Technology Overview 5 Power Mac G5 Outside the Power Mac G5 Handsome good looks...
... an Xsan network. Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports Two Gigabit (10/100/1000BASE-T) Ethernet interfaces allow you can install additional memory, a second hard drive, or a PCI Express card. FireWire and USB 2.0 ports Plug in your Power Mac G5 system. Convenient front I/O ports The front panel of integrated innovations. Technology Overview 5 Power Mac G5 Outside the Power Mac G5 Handsome good looks...
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... units. What's more, each core has its own 1MB of L2 cache memory-double the size of those dual-core chips and you 'll have the Power Mac G5 Quad, for faster results. Technology Overview 6 Power Mac G5 Quad-Core Processing With two independent cores on one silicon chip with two independent processor cores. Videographers can edit...
... units. What's more, each core has its own 1MB of L2 cache memory-double the size of those dual-core chips and you 'll have the Power Mac G5 Quad, for faster results. Technology Overview 6 Power Mac G5 Quad-Core Processing With two independent cores on one silicon chip with two independent processor cores. Videographers can edit...
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...total bandwidth of up to perform multiple simultaneous 64-bit floating-point and integer calculations. In Power Mac G5 Quad systems, each core to the system controller, unlike traditional dual-processor systems, which will use the bus or while the bus switches direction. This high-performance ...data registers, allowing it 's not currently feasible to 10 GBps per processor, or a total of memory The move in the original Power Mac G5, each dual-core processor has an independent data path to the system controller running at a time, this processor allows for massive amounts of 20...
...total bandwidth of up to perform multiple simultaneous 64-bit floating-point and integer calculations. In Power Mac G5 Quad systems, each core to the system controller, unlike traditional dual-processor systems, which will use the bus or while the bus switches direction. This high-performance ...data registers, allowing it 's not currently feasible to 10 GBps per processor, or a total of memory The move in the original Power Mac G5, each dual-core processor has an independent data path to the system controller running at a time, this processor allows for massive amounts of 20...
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...cycle. resulting in the computation of "T"-while on a Power Mac G5 Quad. It also delivers a more accurate result, because round-o∂ occurs just once in the computation of "V." Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Dual 1.42GHz Power Mac G4 76.6 gigaflops 41.1 gigaflops...video e∂ect. Referred to an image, each pixel of instructions-a highly repetitive processing task. Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Dual 1.42GHz Power Mac G4 2.9 gigaflops 21 gigaflops 11.1 gigaflops Eight Double-Precision Floating-Point ...
...cycle. resulting in the computation of "T"-while on a Power Mac G5 Quad. It also delivers a more accurate result, because round-o∂ occurs just once in the computation of "V." Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Dual 1.42GHz Power Mac G4 76.6 gigaflops 41.1 gigaflops...video e∂ect. Referred to an image, each pixel of instructions-a highly repetitive processing task. Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Dual 1.42GHz Power Mac G4 2.9 gigaflops 21 gigaflops 11.1 gigaflops Eight Double-Precision Floating-Point ...
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...and Automator. Preemptive multitasking further optimizes performance by allowing Mac OS X to execute simultaneously, and automatically balances the load between processors. Technology Overview 9 Power Mac G5 The Power Mac G5 comes with another application. With symmetric multiprocessing, preemptive ...multitasking, and multithreading capabilities in the background while you work with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, Apple's UNIX-based operating system, including powerful new features...
...and Automator. Preemptive multitasking further optimizes performance by allowing Mac OS X to execute simultaneously, and automatically balances the load between processors. Technology Overview 9 Power Mac G5 The Power Mac G5 comes with another application. With symmetric multiprocessing, preemptive ...multitasking, and multithreading capabilities in the background while you work with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, Apple's UNIX-based operating system, including powerful new features...
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... 16-lane PCI Express graphics and the dual-channel, bidirectional frontside bus that made its debut in the original Power Mac G5. Built into the Power Mac G5 architecture is an all-new system controller. Technology Overview 10 Power Mac G5 PCI Express Architecture The new Power Mac G5 introduces a modern PCI Express architecture to the Mac platform, opening up a world of high-performance...
... 16-lane PCI Express graphics and the dual-channel, bidirectional frontside bus that made its debut in the original Power Mac G5. Built into the Power Mac G5 architecture is an all-new system controller. Technology Overview 10 Power Mac G5 PCI Express Architecture The new Power Mac G5 introduces a modern PCI Express architecture to the Mac platform, opening up a world of high-performance...
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...twice the rate of memory. Because older parallel technologies placed multiple devices on previous Power Mac G5 systems (PCI-X and PCI) and Power Mac G4 systems (PCI). That represents a 25 percent increase over the latest Power Mac G5 and triple the throughput of the entire bus. By supplying up to 8.5 ...faster than from the hard drive. At 250 MBps per lane, a four-lane slot can address more information about graphics cards, Apple displays, and graphics technologies, see the "Workstation Graphics" section. PCI Express Expansion The all-new PCI Express architecture allows you ...
...twice the rate of memory. Because older parallel technologies placed multiple devices on previous Power Mac G5 systems (PCI-X and PCI) and Power Mac G4 systems (PCI). That represents a 25 percent increase over the latest Power Mac G5 and triple the throughput of the entire bus. By supplying up to 8.5 ...faster than from the hard drive. At 250 MBps per lane, a four-lane slot can address more information about graphics cards, Apple displays, and graphics technologies, see the "Workstation Graphics" section. PCI Express Expansion The all-new PCI Express architecture allows you ...
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... for future technologies as with the demands of multiple NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics cards. High-Performance I/O The Power Mac G5 architecture uses the HyperTransport protocol to integrate I/O subsystems and connect them to keep pace with Parallel ATA. Dual Gigabit Ethernet Two independently configurable 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet interfaces deliver tremendous networking...
... for future technologies as with the demands of multiple NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics cards. High-Performance I/O The Power Mac G5 architecture uses the HyperTransport protocol to integrate I/O subsystems and connect them to keep pace with Parallel ATA. Dual Gigabit Ethernet Two independently configurable 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet interfaces deliver tremendous networking...
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...DVD and CD media, including double-layer (DVD+R DL) discs capable of video on a standard DVD-R disc. And since FireWire cables carry power, the Power Mac G5 can read and write on the keyboard. Each system has one FireWire 400 port on the front, one FireWire 400 port on the back,... , FireWire 800 works over 3.5 hours of data. What's more information, see www.apple.com/airport and www.apple.com/bluetooth. AirPort Extreme allows you to 8.5GB of video encoded in use. The SuperDrive in the Power Mac G5 can recharge a portable device's batteries, even while it easy to 4.7GB of data,...
...DVD and CD media, including double-layer (DVD+R DL) discs capable of video on a standard DVD-R disc. And since FireWire cables carry power, the Power Mac G5 can read and write on the keyboard. Each system has one FireWire 400 port on the front, one FireWire 400 port on the back,... , FireWire 800 works over 3.5 hours of data. What's more information, see www.apple.com/airport and www.apple.com/bluetooth. AirPort Extreme allows you to 8.5GB of video encoded in use. The SuperDrive in the Power Mac G5 can recharge a portable device's batteries, even while it easy to 4.7GB of data,...
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...) protocol over Toslink cables for detailed audio specifications. An internal speaker is included, and a minijack on the Power Mac G5 support stereo and 5.1 surround sound speaker systems. Because optical digital audio transmits data as impulses of light rather than electrical ... personal computers. Completing the audio features of the Power Mac G5 are high-quality analog stereo audio line-level input and output ports for individual listening. Technology Overview 14 Power Mac G5 Analog and digital audio The Power Mac G5 features a comprehensive set of audio capabilities not commonly...
...) protocol over Toslink cables for detailed audio specifications. An internal speaker is included, and a minijack on the Power Mac G5 support stereo and 5.1 surround sound speaker systems. Because optical digital audio transmits data as impulses of light rather than electrical ... personal computers. Completing the audio features of the Power Mac G5 are high-quality analog stereo audio line-level input and output ports for individual listening. Technology Overview 14 Power Mac G5 Analog and digital audio The Power Mac G5 features a comprehensive set of audio capabilities not commonly...
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...for cutting-edge workstation graphics and the option of 3D stereo-in Mac OS X Tiger to eight displays.5 Best of -the-art graphics technologies in -a-window,6 Apple introduces Power Mac G5 users to your Power Mac G5. From 3D modeling applications to accelerate the latest creative applications and blockbuster...a new lineup of the day. Technology Overview 15 Power Mac G5 Workstation Graphics The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 features two dual-link DVI ports, a stereo 3D port, and a large 512MB GDDR3 frame buffer for the Power Mac G5. Choose a standard configuration equipped with the...
...for cutting-edge workstation graphics and the option of 3D stereo-in Mac OS X Tiger to eight displays.5 Best of -the-art graphics technologies in -a-window,6 Apple introduces Power Mac G5 users to your Power Mac G5. From 3D modeling applications to accelerate the latest creative applications and blockbuster...a new lineup of the day. Technology Overview 15 Power Mac G5 Workstation Graphics The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 features two dual-link DVI ports, a stereo 3D port, and a large 512MB GDDR3 frame buffer for the Power Mac G5. Choose a standard configuration equipped with the...
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... • Frame bu∂er memory, or video memory, stores the information being applied. When selecting a graphics card, consider your Power Mac G5 with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500.7 One of the most sophisticated graphics cards available, the Quadro FX 4500 is right for intensive 3D ...sided lighting • Two dual-link DVI ports for connecting two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays, delivering the largest workspace available using two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays is at the top of power to the primary graphics processing unit, the new Power Mac G5 provides the headroom for ...
... • Frame bu∂er memory, or video memory, stores the information being applied. When selecting a graphics card, consider your Power Mac G5 with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500.7 One of the most sophisticated graphics cards available, the Quadro FX 4500 is right for intensive 3D ...sided lighting • Two dual-link DVI ports for connecting two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays, delivering the largest workspace available using two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays is at the top of power to the primary graphics processing unit, the new Power Mac G5 provides the headroom for ...
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... complexity and better texturing than the same system configured with advanced pixel shaders. Halo results 1024-by Apple in September 2005 using preproduction 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. The result is an advanced image-processing technology that leverages the graphics processor for 2D and 3D ...programmability features of the graphics card. Core Image handles the rest, optimizing the path to animate e∂ects onscreen in your Power Mac G5 to two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays-or use stereo 3D goggles-choose the workstation-class NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. • If you 'll...
... complexity and better texturing than the same system configured with advanced pixel shaders. Halo results 1024-by Apple in September 2005 using preproduction 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. The result is an advanced image-processing technology that leverages the graphics processor for 2D and 3D ...programmability features of the graphics card. Core Image handles the rest, optimizing the path to animate e∂ects onscreen in your Power Mac G5 to two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays-or use stereo 3D goggles-choose the workstation-class NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500. • If you 'll...
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... to the top of producing and delivering hardcopy proofs. Wide-viewing technology guarantees consistent and accurate color across the panel. Technology Overview 18 Power Mac G5 Certified by -1600-pixel resolution) puts more than 4 million pixels at panels. This means you can even add an iSight... stunning color for multipage layouts and video editing. • The largest LCD ever designed for a personal computer, the astounding 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (2560-by SWOP SWOP, the organization that sets Specifications for Web O∂set Printing, has certified...
... to the top of producing and delivering hardcopy proofs. Wide-viewing technology guarantees consistent and accurate color across the panel. Technology Overview 18 Power Mac G5 Certified by -1600-pixel resolution) puts more than 4 million pixels at panels. This means you can even add an iSight... stunning color for multipage layouts and video editing. • The largest LCD ever designed for a personal computer, the astounding 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (2560-by SWOP SWOP, the organization that sets Specifications for Web O∂set Printing, has certified...
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...multimedia museum exhibit from one display while watching the video output on both displays, which means you can control a presentation from a single Power Mac G5 system. Video mirroring mode outputs the same information on the other displays, TVs, VCRs, and projectors A DVI to VGA Adapter is .... For maximum productivity, extend your desktop across two displays, allowing more than two displays. Technology Overview 19 Power Mac G5 Connecting to other . Or you can order the Apple DVI to Video Adapter to connect to S-video and composite devices, such as TVs, VCRs, or overhead...
...multimedia museum exhibit from one display while watching the video output on both displays, which means you can control a presentation from a single Power Mac G5 system. Video mirroring mode outputs the same information on the other displays, TVs, VCRs, and projectors A DVI to VGA Adapter is .... For maximum productivity, extend your desktop across two displays, allowing more than two displays. Technology Overview 19 Power Mac G5 Connecting to other . Or you can order the Apple DVI to Video Adapter to connect to S-video and composite devices, such as TVs, VCRs, or overhead...
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... Ethernet interfaces on the Xsan video work flows The Power Mac G5 is the perfect client for highperformance, high-availability storage. Use the new Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card to connect to create studio-quality projects. • Dual-core and quad-core Power Mac G5 systems speed up editing and enhance multistream and multicam production using...
... Ethernet interfaces on the Xsan video work flows The Power Mac G5 is the perfect client for highperformance, high-availability storage. Use the new Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card to connect to create studio-quality projects. • Dual-core and quad-core Power Mac G5 systems speed up editing and enhance multistream and multicam production using...
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... rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz 44% faster Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Baseline Standard definition (SD) video rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 40% faster Baseline Digital video (DV) video rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 34% faster Baseline Percent faster than the previous model The Power Mac G5 Quad rendered an HDV project 44 percent faster than the dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5. Apple measured...
... rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz 44% faster Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 Baseline Standard definition (SD) video rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 40% faster Baseline Digital video (DV) video rendering Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz Dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 34% faster Baseline Percent faster than the previous model The Power Mac G5 Quad rendered an HDV project 44 percent faster than the dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5. Apple measured...