PowerPC G4
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The PowerPC G4 is a line of 32-bit RISC microprocessors developed by Motorola/IBM for Apple computers, known for its AltiVec vector processing capabilities and use in Macs around the early 2000s.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Power Mac G4 | 1 |
| PowerPC G4 Cube | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PowerPC architecture processor
ⓘ
microprocessor family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
G4
ⓘ
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ |
| architecture | PowerPC ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| cacheType |
external or on-chip L2 cache
ⓘ
on-chip L1 cache ⓘ |
| designedFor |
desktop computers
ⓘ
embedded applications ⓘ laptop computers ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
| developer |
Freescale Semiconductor
ⓘ
IBM ⓘ Motorola ⓘ |
| endianess | big-endian ⓘ |
| familyMember |
PowerPC 74xx
ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7400
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7410
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7440
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7445
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7447
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7447A
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7448
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7450
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7455
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7457
PowerPC 74xx ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 7457A
|
| feature | AltiVec ⓘ |
| hasExtension |
AltiVec
ⓘ
surface form:
AltiVec vector processing unit
|
| instructionSetArchitecture | RISC ⓘ |
| introductionPeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple
|
| notableUsePeriod | early 2000s ⓘ |
| predecessor | PowerPC G3 ⓘ |
| successor | PowerPC G5 ⓘ |
| supports |
SIMD operations
ⓘ
double-precision floating point ⓘ single-precision floating point ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
various embedded system vendors ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
Power Mac G4 ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Power Mac G4
PowerBook ⓘ
surface form:
Apple PowerBook G4
Apple eMac ⓘ iBook ⓘ
surface form:
Apple iBook G4
iMac G4 ⓘ
surface form:
Apple iMac G4
embedded systems ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PowerPC G4 Cube