PowerPC 601
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PowerPC 601 is the first-generation PowerPC microprocessor developed jointly by IBM and Motorola, used in early Power Macintosh computers and known for introducing the PowerPC RISC architecture to mainstream personal computing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PowerPC 601 canonical | 6 |
| PowerPC 600 series | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PowerPC processor
ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ |
| addressWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| architecture | PowerPC ⓘ |
| architectureType | RISC ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibility | partial compatibility with IBM POWER architecture ⓘ |
| clockSpeedRange |
50 MHz
ⓘ
60 MHz ⓘ 66 MHz ⓘ 80 MHz ⓘ |
| codename | Cobra ⓘ |
| companyAlliance | AIM alliance ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | PowerPC user-level instruction set ⓘ |
| dataWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| designer |
IBM
ⓘ
Motorola ⓘ |
| family |
PowerPC 604
ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 600 series
|
| floatingPointPrecision | IEEE 754 compliant ⓘ |
| floatingPointUnit | integrated ⓘ |
| integerUnit | superscalar ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| ISA | PowerPC ⓘ |
| L1Cache | 32 KB unified ⓘ |
| market |
personal computers
ⓘ
servers ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first-generation implementation of PowerPC architecture
ⓘ
helped introduce PowerPC RISC to mainstream personal computing ⓘ used in first Power Macintosh models ⓘ |
| package | ceramic PGA ⓘ |
| pipeline | superscalar ⓘ |
| powerConsumption | relatively high for early PowerPC ⓘ |
| predecessor | IBM POWER1 ⓘ |
| processTechnology | 0.6 µm ⓘ |
| registerFile |
32 floating-point registers
ⓘ
32 general-purpose registers ⓘ |
| successor |
PowerPC 603
ⓘ
PowerPC 604 ⓘ |
| supportedOperatingSystem |
AIX
ⓘ
Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS (Classic)
various PowerPC Unix variants ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IBM RS/6000 systems
ⓘ
surface form:
IBM RS/6000 servers
IBM RS/6000 systems ⓘ
surface form:
IBM RS/6000 workstations
Power Macintosh 6100 ⓘ Power Macintosh 7100 ⓘ Power Macintosh 8100 ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PowerPC 600 series