PowerPC

E6429

RISC architecture microprocessor architecture

PowerPC is a RISC-based microprocessor architecture developed in the early 1990s by the AIM alliance (Apple, IBM, and Motorola) and used in a wide range of computers, embedded systems, and game consoles.

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All labels observed (34)

Label	Occurrences
PowerPC canonical	104
PowerPC architecture	16
PowerPC ISA	7
PowerPC 601	3
PowerPC 603	3
PowerPC G3	3
PowerPC (ppc64le)	2
PowerPC 604	2
PowerPC G4	2
PowerPC instruction set architecture	2
PowerPC microprocessors	2
IBM POWER architecture	1
IBM PowerPC Gekko	1
IBM PowerPC processors	1
IBM PowerPC-based Broadway	1
IBM PowerPC-based Xenon	1
IBM–Motorola–Apple PowerPC alliance	1
MPC5xx series	1
MPC8xx series	1
POWER/PowerPC family	1
PowerPC (historical)	1
PowerPC 405	1
PowerPC 440	1
PowerPC 460	1
PowerPC 620	1
PowerPC 750	1
PowerPC 970	1
PowerPC G5	1
PowerPC architecture specifications	1
PowerPC e500	1
PowerPC embedded processors	1
PowerPC instruction set	1
PowerPC microprocessor architecture	1
PowerPC processors	1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	RISC architecture ⓘ microprocessor architecture ⓘ
addressingMode	load-store architecture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing ⓘ
architectureType	RISC ⓘ
category	computer architecture ⓘ instruction set architecture ⓘ
compatibleWith	Power Architecture ⓘ
derivedFrom	PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IBM POWER architecture
designedFor	embedded applications ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ IBM ⓘ Motorola ⓘ
endianess	big-endian ⓘ little-endian ⓘ
hasExtension	AltiVec ⓘ VMX ⓘ
hasVariant	PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MPC5xx series Freescale Semiconductor ⓘ surface form: MPC82xx series Freescale Semiconductor ⓘ surface form: MPC85xx series Freescale Semiconductor ⓘ surface form: MPC86xx series PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MPC8xx series PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 405 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 440 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 460 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 601 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 603 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 604 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 620 AltiVec ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 7400 AltiVec ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 7450 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 750 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC 970
inception	1991 ⓘ early 1990s ⓘ
influenced	Power Architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	IBM RS/6000 systems ⓘ surface form: IBM POWER1 IBM RS/6000 systems ⓘ surface form: IBM POWER2
instructionSetArchitecture	PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC ISA
marketedAs	PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC G3 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC G4 PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PowerPC G5
partOf	AIM alliance ⓘ
registerCount	32 floating-point registers ⓘ 32 general-purpose registers ⓘ
replacedBy	Intel x86 architecture in Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
standardizedBy	Power.org ⓘ
successor	Power ISA ⓘ
supports	AltiVec ⓘ bi-endian operation ⓘ branch prediction ⓘ floating-point unit ⓘ hardware-based memory management unit ⓘ out-of-order execution ⓘ pipelining ⓘ superscalar execution ⓘ symmetric multiprocessing ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ
usedAs	primary CPU in Apple Macintosh computers from 1994 to 2006 ⓘ
usedBy	Apple Inc. ⓘ Freescale Semiconductor ⓘ IBM ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ Motorola ⓘ Nintendo ⓘ Sony ⓘ
usedIn	AmigaOne computers ⓘ Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ IBM RS/6000 systems ⓘ IBM RS/6000 systems ⓘ surface form: IBM pSeries servers Xbox ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo GameCube ⓘ Nintendo Wii ⓘ Power Macintosh series ⓘ surface form: Power Mac G3 Power Macintosh series ⓘ surface form: Power Mac G4 Power Mac G5 ⓘ PowerBook ⓘ surface form: PowerBook G3 PowerBook ⓘ surface form: PowerBook G4 Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ automotive systems ⓘ desktop computers ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ game consoles ⓘ iBook ⓘ surface form: iBook G3 iBook ⓘ surface form: iBook G4 iMac G3 ⓘ iMac ⓘ surface form: iMac G4 iMac ⓘ surface form: iMac G5 industrial control systems ⓘ laptop computers ⓘ networking equipment ⓘ servers ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ workstations ⓘ
wordSize	32-bit ⓘ 64-bit ⓘ

Referenced by (169)

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

Apple Macintosh computers → architecture → PowerPC ⓘ

Linux → supportsArchitecture → PowerPC ⓘ

Classic Mac OS → platform → PowerPC ⓘ

PowerPC → instructionSetArchitecture → PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerPC ISA

PowerPC → derivedFrom → PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: IBM POWER architecture

PowerPC → marketedAs → PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerPC G3

PowerPC → marketedAs → PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerPC G4

PowerPC → marketedAs → PowerPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerPC G5