The latest PowerPC roadmap out of the Somerset lab in Austin, Texas promises a 330 SPECint, 410 SPECfp92 implementation of the 64-bit 620 chip by year-end, up from 225 and 300 respectively now. The high-end desktop, low-end server 604 part will reach 225 SPECint92 and 250 SPECfp92 by the end of the year, up from 160 and 165 now. The 603(E), the enhanced 603, is expected to go to 160 SPECint92 and 140 SPECfp92 in the same time frame. The joint IBM Corp-Motorola Inc 602 embedded effort will reach 50 SPECint92 by year-end, up from 40 SPECint92 now. The original 601, now rated at 105 SPECint92 and 125 SPECfp92, is slated to achieve 125 and 150 respectively by the middle of the year.
