The Megahertz Myth

From a keynote a few years back.

The VP of Apple Hardware explains what the megahertz myth is in a nutshell, as well as promote the hell out of the PowerPC G4 and diss the Pentium 4.

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[Joseph Mostarda]

I think this is the most technical thing I've ever heard at a mainstream Apple keynote.

[Zainre Fang]

People still believe in the Megahertz Myth today.... With Wii U. Except it's the Gigahertz Myth.

[GamingatNightPS3]

IBMThinkPadR51 sent me here, thanks bro for the link! :)

[charvelgtrs]

Actually there is a separate processor that will handle the streaming function as well as background downloads.

[Zombe Goast]

Just like the 8gb Vram, the 4 extra cores will be use on features outside of games like the share button and operating system. Even with the tri core processors the 360, it was no better than a single core Pentium 4. Even the Broadway with the OoOE on the Wii, it was only 20% less powerful than the in order Xenon and Cell.

[William Watson]

love the comic sans

[charvelgtrs]

It is two 4 core packages put together.

You are telling me that the AMD 8 Core CPU in the PS4 doesn't have any advantages over the Wii U's CPU?

[SmartSirius]

Could be that 8 core processor is faster- but you have facts:

WiiU has 3 far stronger cores, than 1 jaguar core! Thats fact, yes it is. In Neogaf they have benchmarks of WiiU-CPU. And they beat Bulldozer, they beat Bobcat in core vs. core compare!

WiiU has 1 MB Cache per Core. It can access on 3 MB in total. Jaguar has only 4 MB for 8 Cores, 0,5 MByte per Core! And you can program better for a 3-core then a 8-core =>efficiency, the more cores, the less efficiency! And: is not real 8 Core!

[charvelgtrs]

I meant the Xenon. The names for the CPU/GPU in the 360 are so close.

[charvelgtrs]

Yeah, but compare it to the 720/PS4's 8 Core AMD processor. 

[Andrew Brown]

I don't think the video is meant to be a truly accurate representation, lol.