PowerPC 603

E249886
PowerPC microprocessor RISC processor microprocessor

PowerPC 603 is a 32-bit RISC microprocessor from IBM and Motorola’s PowerPC family, designed as a low-power, cost-effective CPU widely used in mid-1990s Apple Macintosh computers and embedded systems.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
PowerPC 603 canonical 9
PowerPC 603e 6
PowerPC 600 family 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf PowerPC microprocessor ⓘ
RISC processor ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ
applicationDomain consumer computers ⓘ
embedded control ⓘ
portable computers ⓘ
architecture PowerPC ⓘ
bitWidth 32-bit ⓘ
busWidth 64-bit external bus ⓘ
cacheType separate instruction and data caches ⓘ
cacheWritePolicy write-back ⓘ
clockFrequencyRange approximately 75–133 MHz ⓘ
coDeveloper AIM alliance ⓘ
compatibleWith PowerPC 32-bit software ⓘ
designGoal cost-effective ⓘ
designType RISC ⓘ
developer IBM ⓘ
Motorola ⓘ
executionUnits branch processing unit ⓘ
floating-point unit ⓘ
integer unit ⓘ
load/store unit ⓘ
family PowerPC 603 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC 600 family
instructionSetArchitecture PowerPC ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC ISA
introductionDate 1994 ⓘ
introductionPeriod mid-1990s ⓘ
L1DataCacheSize 8 KB ⓘ
L1InstructionCacheSize 8 KB ⓘ
marketPosition low-cost member of PowerPC family ⓘ
pipelineType superscalar ⓘ
powerConsumptionDesignGoal low power ⓘ
predecessor PowerPC 601 ⓘ
primaryUse desktop computers ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ
notebook computers ⓘ
processTechnology CMOS ⓘ
successor PowerPC 603 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC 603e

PowerPC G3 ⓘ
surface form: PowerPC 750
supports 32-bit addressing ⓘ
PowerPC floating-point instructions ⓘ
PowerPC integer instructions ⓘ
big-endian mode ⓘ
usedBy Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer

IBM embedded products ⓘ
usedIn Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
PowerBook ⓘ
surface form: Apple PowerBook laptops

embedded controllers ⓘ
wordSize 32-bit ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Power Macintosh series → cpuFamily → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Performa 5200CD → cpuModel → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Apple Macintosh Performa series → hardwareArchitecture → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Apple Macintosh Performa series → hardwareArchitecture → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 603e
PowerPC G3 → predecessor → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 603e
PowerPC 601 → successor → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
PowerPC 603 → family → PowerPC 603 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 600 family
PowerPC 603 → successor → PowerPC 603 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 603e
Performa 5300CD → cpu → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Performa 6200CD → cpu → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Power Macintosh 5200 series → cpuArchitecture → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Macintosh Performa 6200 → CPU → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Macintosh Performa 6200 → CPUArchitecture → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
Macintosh Performa 6300 → cpu → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 603e
Macintosh Performa 6400 → cpu → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 603e
Macintosh Performa 6360 → cpu → PowerPC 603 ⓘ
this entity surface form: PowerPC 603e