Apple M9592LL Technology Overview - Page 2

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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 Graphics PCI Express Expansion Dual Gigabit Ethernet High-Performance I/O Page 15 Workstation Graphics Advanced Graphics Options Apple Cinema Displays Support for Multiple Displays Page 20 Real-World Advantages Film and Video Science and Technical Computing Design and Print Music and Audio Page 29 Configurations and Options Page 31 Technical Specifications

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Technology Overview
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 Graphics
PCI Express Expansion
Dual Gigabit Ethernet
High-Performance I/O
Page 15
Workstation Graphics
Advanced Graphics Options
Apple Cinema Displays
Support for Multiple Displays
Page 20
Real-World Advantages
Film and Video
Science and Technical Computing
Design and Print
Music and Audio
Page 29
Configurations and Options
Page 31
Technical Specifications