Blackout has no effect on G5 chip production

Apple’s Nathalie Welch said that last week’s blackout in the Northeast US did not have any effect on G5 chip production. (As previously reported, IBM’s East Fishkill, NY plant, where the PowerPC G5 is produced, was temporarily shut down due to the power outage.) “As indicated by the single configuration shipping release, we are still on track for delivery of all systems as announced,” Welch told MacMinute.

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