IBM confirms PowerPC G5 CPU ongoing yield issues; some improvement seen - (View article)
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IBM has confirmed its PowerPC G5 CPU yield issues, which was noted in Apple's financial results conference call eariler this week as the reason for the delays in the Xserve G5s: "The Microelectronics Division has been in the red for some time. During a conference call with analysts, John Joyce, senior vice president and chief financial officer for IBM, said the former technology unit lost $150 million on a pro forma basis in the first quarter of 2004 alone," Mark LaPedus [More]