AIM alliance

E41457

joint venture strategic partnership technology alliance

The AIM alliance was a 1990s partnership between Apple, IBM, and Motorola formed to develop and promote the PowerPC microprocessor architecture as an alternative to Intel’s x86.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	joint venture → strategic partnership → technology alliance →
alternativeTo	Intel x86 architecture →
architectureType	RISC →
areaServed	global →
competitiveWith	Intel Corporation → x86 CPU vendors →
country	United States →
endCause	Apple transition to Intel processors → decline of PowerPC on the desktop →
focus	PowerPC microprocessor architecture →
formedBy	Apple Inc. → IBM → Motorola, Inc. →
goal	compete with Intel in the CPU market → develop PowerPC architecture → promote PowerPC architecture →
hasMember	Apple Inc. → IBM → International Business Machines Corporation → Motorola, Inc. →
historicalPeriod	1990s →
industry	computer hardware → information technology → microprocessors →
influenced	embedded PowerPC ecosystem → later Power Architecture designs →
motivation	create RISC-based alternative to x86 →
notableTechnology	PowerPC 601 → PowerPC 603 → PowerPC 604 → PowerPC G3 → PowerPC G4 →
primaryObjective	standardize a common PowerPC platform →
product	PowerPC architecture specifications → PowerPC microprocessors →
relatedConcept	Power Architecture → RISC architecture →
relatedOrganization	Freescale Semiconductor → IBM Microelectronics →
startTime	1991 → early 1990s →
status	defunct →
usedIn	Apple Macintosh computers → IBM workstations → embedded systems →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
PowerPC →	partOf