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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12251 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    >>> next powerpc notebook after Powerbook era

    >> *cough* LimeBook Z9 *cough* ;-)

    > Yes, exactly. Great plans

    The THTF/MTC LimeBook Z9 was a real product, although sold mainly in Asia and South Africa (rebranded by Vodacom as the Linkbook there). So technically, this was the "next powerpc notebook after Powerbook". Of course, it was a downgrade from there in every imaginable way (except power consumption). So indeed, the T2080-based notebook can become the first Power-based successor (kind of) to the PowerBook.

    > I remember there was AmigaOS POC on Limebook.

    Nothing more than an initial, barely functional port. Or was there ever shown anything beyond the Kickstart screen?

    > And some discussions about Efika next developement with the same CPU

    Yes, and while Genesi abandoned the Efika 5121e project, THTF/MTC continued without Genesi and sold the LimePC X1 (rebranded by CherryPal as the C114/C120 outside Asia).

    > some "three core" hybrid - one power core, one gfx core and third ???

    Yes, MPC5121e has, beside e300 CPU core and PowerVR graphics core, the AXE (Auxiliary Execution Engine), a "32-bit RISC audio acceleration engine". I wouldn't call a SoC with a CPU core, a graphics core and some further custom core (AI, DSP, vector or whatever) a "hybrid" of any sorts, though, because such setup is quite usual for a SoC.
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