Rumor mill: Power Mac Quad G5s?

By C.K. Sample, III

Considering the current chipset in the G5s needs nine whopping fans to keep the entire thing from melting into a big pile of metal, I'm not sure how big this machine would be, but there's several recent hints that point to the possibility of a new Quad-G5 Power Mac.  Item number one:
MacRumors reports that IBM, in a recent application note, references a dual 64-bit core PowerPC970MP with thermal diodes in the chip. Item number two: Apple's recent developer's CHUD tools reference a Quad-processored Mac.  You can see screenshots of this over at
Everything Apple.

I usually don't buy rumors, but this one seems to have some pretty good evidence behind it.  The PowerPC970 is the name of the chip we all know and love as the G5. If IBM is producing dual-processored chips, then Apple will most likely eventually bring a quad-processor G5 to market, and then there's the added fuel to this rumor fire: Apple removed the CHUD tools from their website shortly after this information was spotted and posted on all the rumor sites.
Oops! Is Apple covering up, or simply building up the expectations like they always do with these little information slips?

[via
MacDailyNews]

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