JHoagland opened this issue on Feb 18, 2007 ยท 126 posts
svdl posted Wed, 21 February 2007 at 11:27 PM
Sorry, my bad. The 68000 series was Motorola, not the PowerPC.
Heat is one of the issues indeed. 65 nm chips produce significantly less heat than 130 nm systems and need less power.
IBM does have the financial resources for 65 nm production tech. Maybe they just weren't interested in a relatively small market with small margins?
Small market itself is not an argument. IBM still produces AIX workstations and AS400 mainframes, not exactly mass market products.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter