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RISC instruction set architecture by AIM alliance
PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction
PowerPC
Family of PowerPC processors
The PowerPC 600 family was the first family of PowerPC processors built. They were designed at the Somerset facility in Austin, Texas, jointly funded and
PowerPC_600
Apple-branded microprocessor
PowerPC G4 is a designation formerly used by Apple to describe a fourth generation of 32-bit PowerPC microprocessors. Apple has applied this name to various
PowerPC_G4
64-bit processor
The PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, and PowerPC 970MP are 64-bit PowerPC CPUs from IBM introduced in 2002. Apple branded the 970 as PowerPC G5 for its Power
PowerPC_970
Family of 32-bit microprocessors
The PowerPC 7xx is a family of third generation 32-bit PowerPC microprocessors designed and manufactured by IBM and Motorola (spun off as Freescale Semiconductor
PowerPC_7xx
Operating system for Apple computers
PowerPC-only plug-ins will not work. While Intel Macs can run PowerPC, Intel, and universal binaries, PowerPC Macs support only universal and PowerPC
MacOS
Operating system component
OS X Tiger as part of the Mac transition from PowerPC processors to Intel processors, allowing PowerPC applications to run on Intel-based Macs. Rosetta
Rosetta_(software)
Line of PowerPC-based computers
The Apple Network Server (ANS) was a line of PowerPC-based server computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from February 1996
Apple_Network_Server
Family of processor cores
The PowerPC 400 family is a line of 32-bit embedded RISC processor cores based on the PowerPC or Power ISA instruction set architectures. The cores are
PowerPC_400
Ninth and last major release of the classic Mac OS (1999)
The Classic Environment remains in the PowerPC version of 10.4 Tiger, but x86 versions of OS X and the PowerPC version of 10.5 Leopard do not support
Mac_OS_9
IBM midrange computer (1988–2013)
company introduced a new version of the system running on a series of 64-bit PowerPC-derived CPUs, which later were developed into the IBM RS64 family. Due
IBM_AS/400
Series of microprocessors from IBM
implemented the POWER instruction set architecture (ISA), which evolved into PowerPC and later into Power ISA. In August 2019, IBM announced it would open source
IBM_Power_microprocessors
The following is a list of PowerPC processors. 601 50 and 66 MHz 602 consumer products (multiplexed data/address bus) 603/603e/603ev notebooks, embedded
List_of_PowerPC_processors
Line of tower computers designed and manufactured by Apple
enclosure, and one of only three computers in Apple's lineup to utilize the PowerPC 970 CPU, the others being the iMac G5 and the Xserve G5. Three generations
Power_Mac_G5
Web browser made by Mozilla
Version 4.0 also dropped support for PowerPC architecture, although other projects continued development of a PowerPC version of Firefox. Firefox was originally
Firefox
Computer operating system
in May 1995, which included additional improvements and support for the PowerPC architecture. Windows NT 4.0 was released in June 1996, introducing the
Microsoft_Windows
Apple operating systems from 1984 to 2001
[citation needed] and issues with the handling of errors in the PowerPC code (all PowerPC exceptions map to Type 11). These issues do not affect 68k-architecture
Classic_Mac_OS
Family of personal computers made by Apple
Macintosh, the Mac transitioned from Motorola 68000 series processors to PowerPC. Macintosh clones by other manufacturers were also briefly sold afterward
Mac_(computer)
History of Apple's current Mac operating system
32-bit PowerPC machine code to 32-bit x86 code, allowing applications for PowerPC to run on Intel-based Macs without modification. Only PowerPC Macs can
MacOS_version_history
standardized processor instruction set architecture. In this case, it is PowerPC and Power ISA, processor architectures initially developed in the early
List of PowerPC-based game consoles
List_of_PowerPC-based_game_consoles
Standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps
based computers (where it replaced the Portable Executable format; the PowerPC version stayed with Preferred Executable Format) Haiku, an open source
Executable and Linkable Format
Executable_and_Linkable_Format
2005–2006 change of processors in Apple computers
processing units (CPUs) of Apple's line of Mac and Xserve computers from PowerPC processors over to Intel's x86-64 processors. The change was announced
Mac transition to Intel processors
Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors
American telecommunications company (1928–2011)
demoted to "just another customer" mainly for PowerPC CPUs. Apple did not want Motorola to limit the PowerPC CPU supply so as retaliation, Apple and IBM
Motorola
Suite of office software
developed for all non-x86 Windows NT platforms, including MIPS, DEC Alpha, and PowerPC. The Microsoft Office applications and suites are sold via retail channels
Microsoft_Office
Family of personal computers sold by Commodore
of 68000 series and PowerPC processors along with a PowerPC native microkernel and software. Later Amiga clones featured PowerPC processors only. The
Amiga
Programmable machine that processes data
Pentium, Motorola 68000, ARM 64-bit microcomputer Alpha, MIPS, PA-RISC, PowerPC, SPARC, x86-64, ARMv8-A Embedded computer Intel 8048, Intel 8051 Personal
Computer
Series of Apple laptops based on PowerPC and Motorola 68000
series was released as Apple was already moving its desktop machines to the PowerPC processor range, and a future upgrade was promised from the start. This
PowerBook
American multinational technology company
AIM alliance to promote the PowerPC platform. That year, Apple introduced the first Power Macintosh models using PowerPC processors. In the wake of the
Apple_Inc.
System routines for Classic Mac OS
Manager, which was used to load and dynamically link native PowerPC programs. The PowerPC system call facility, analogous to the A-trap mechanism, was
Macintosh_Toolbox
1990s line of RISC servers and workstations from IBM
1990 and is the first computer line to see the use of IBM's POWER and PowerPC based microprocessors. In October 2000, the RS/6000 brand was retired for
IBM_RS/6000
Raster graphics editor
Platform IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC) Included with All Microsoft Windows versions Type Raster graphics editor
Microsoft_Paint
Family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel
manufacturer-created operating system, such as Macintosh computers (with PowerPC, Intel, and Apple silicon processors), PDAs, video game consoles, portable
Linux
Eighth major release of the classic Mac OS (1997)
visible changes in the lineup, including the Platinum interface and a native PowerPC multithreaded Finder. Mac OS 8.1 introduces a new, more efficient file
Mac_OS_8
2020–2023 transition of Apple computers to using Apple-designed ARM-based processors
first was from the Motorola 68000 series to PowerPC processors in 1994, and the second was from PowerPC to Intel processors using the x86 architecture
Mac transition to Apple silicon
Mac_transition_to_Apple_silicon
Home video game console by Nintendo
named Broadway, is a 32-bit chip developed by IBM. Based on the same PowerPC architecture as the GameCube's Gekko processor, it runs at 729 MHz and
Wii
Order of bytes in a computer word
as bi-endian. Architectures that support switchable endianness include PowerPC/Power ISA, SPARC V9, ARM versions 3 and above, DEC Alpha, MIPS, Intel i860
Endianness
Free Unix-like operating system kernel
January 1999, improved locking granularity and SMP management, added m68k, PowerPC, Sparc64, Alpha, and other 64-bit platforms support. Furthermore, it added
Linux_kernel
Free virtualization and emulation software
processor architecture on any other. QEMU supports the emulation of x86, ARM, PowerPC, RISC-V, and many others. QEMU is free software originally developed by
QEMU
American technology company (1985–1997)
capabilities were retained in Mac OS X, leading eventually to PowerPC, x86, and ARM versions. Only PowerPC versions were publicly available before 2006; Apple transitioned
NeXT
Private university in California, US
efforts that eventually led to the IBM POWER instruction set architecture, PowerPC, and Power ISA. As these projects matured, a wide variety of similar designs
Stanford_University
Linux kernel running on devices made by Apple
port to the PowerMacs. PowerPC Macs can run Linux through both emulation and dual-booting ("bare metal"). The most popular PowerPC emulation tools for Mac
Linux_on_Apple_devices
Spreadsheet editor by Microsoft
version for Windows 3.1 and later in a 32-bit version for NT 3.51 (x86/Alpha/PowerPC) Released in 1995 with Microsoft Office for Windows 95, this is the first
Microsoft_Excel
Series of Unix operating systems from IBM
hardware platforms, including the IBM RS/6000 series and later Power and PowerPC-based systems, IBM System i, System/370 mainframes, PS/2 personal computers
IBM_AIX
Series of laptops by Apple Computer
design. In October 2003, the third generation was introduced, adding a PowerPC G4 chip, USB 2.0 and a slot-loading drive. iBooks were very popular in
IBook
Instruction set
PowerPC instruction set architecture and was itself deprecated in 1998, when IBM introduced the POWER3 processor that was mainly a 32/64-bit PowerPC processor
IBM_POWER_architecture
emulator: For PowerPC classic Mac OS PearPC Rosetta: Apple's emulator for PowerPC processors, built into Mac OS X WarpUP: Amiga system for PowerPC expansion
List_of_emulators
Operating system for personal computers
before being modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own BeBox system, and later Apple Computer's PowerPC Reference Platform and Common
BeOS
Change of processors in Apple computers
The Mac transition to PowerPC processors was the process of switching the central processing units (CPUs) of Apple's line of Macintosh computers from
Mac transition to PowerPC processors
Mac_transition_to_PowerPC_processors
Central computer component that executes instructions
classification of the "type" of CPU. For example, a "PowerPC CPU" uses some variant of the PowerPC ISA. A CPU of a certain ISA can execute a different
Central_processing_unit
Subsystem of Apple computers
based computers. It is similar in function to the older SMU or PMU of PowerPC based Macintosh computers. The SMC has roles in controlling thermal and
System_Management_Controller
Microsoft video game console
Power Mac G5 hardware. This was because the system's PowerPC 970 processor was running the same PowerPC architecture that the Xbox 360 would eventually run
Xbox_360
2005 operating system version
Intel Mac. The retail PowerPC-only DVD can be used on any PowerPC-based Mac supported by Tiger. The system requirements of the PowerPC edition are: Macintosh
Mac_OS_X_Tiger
American multinational technology company
the Macintosh from its long favored PowerPC architecture to the Intel x86 architecture because the future PowerPC road map was unable to satisfy Apple's
Intel
Computer operating system
updated since 2016. Older versions supported some or all of 32-bit PowerPC, 64-bit PowerPC, 32-bit x86, and 32-bit ARM. It supports the POSIX API by way of
Darwin_(operating_system)
Seventh major release of the classic Mac OS (1991)
first version of the Macintosh System Software to support Apple's new PowerPC-based computers. 68k applications that had not yet been updated to run
System_7
Processor executing one instruction in minimal clock cycles
based on further work on the 801 concept, the IBM POWER architecture, PowerPC, and Power ISA. As the projects matured, many similar designs, produced
Reduced instruction set computer
Reduced_instruction_set_computer
register (MSR) is one of three process control registers present in the PowerPC processor architecture. The implementation details of the machine state
Machine_state_register
Business alliance
single-chip PowerPC architecture suitable for mass market personal computers. AIM had three main initiatives. The first, nicknamed PowerPC alliance, was
AIM_alliance
Free software collection
Itanium, M32R, m68k, META, MicroBlaze, MIPS, MN103, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, s390/s390x, S+core, SuperH, SPARC, TILE64, Unicore32, Xtensa, RISC-V (with
GNU
Desktop computer by Apple
a Mac. In January 2005, the original Mac Mini was introduced with the PowerPC G4 CPU. In February 2006, Apple switched to an Intel Core Solo CPU. A thinner
Mac_Mini
Family of personal computers released by Apple Computer
Macintosh since the Mac II debuted in 1987", it is the first computer with the PowerPC CPU architecture, the flagship product of the AIM alliance. Existing software
Power_Macintosh
Server operating system
replaced by the PowerPC AS instruction set and its implementation in PowerAS processors. This required the VLIC to be rewritten to target PowerPC instead of
IBM_i
Word processor
Word 98 Unsupported: 8.5 Part of Office 98 Macintosh Edition Requires PowerPC-based Macintosh Renumbered alongside contemporary Windows version 2000
Microsoft_Word
SIMD instruction set extension for the PowerPC ISA
Products Sector) — the AIM alliance. It is implemented on versions of the PowerPC processor architecture, including Motorola's G4, IBM's G5 and POWER6 processors
AltiVec
floating-point unit. The PowerPC 601 was the first Mac processor to support the 32-bit PowerPC instruction set architecture. The PowerPC 604e was the first
List of Mac models grouped by CPU type
List_of_Mac_models_grouped_by_CPU_type
Computer architecture bit width
introduced to the mainstream PC market in the form of x86-64 processors and the PowerPC G5. A 64-bit register can hold any of 264 (over 18 quintillion or 1.8×1019)
64-bit_computing
American multinational technology company
computers of IBM's own architecture and the latter responsible for IBM's PowerPC-based workstations. IBM PC Co. introduced the ThinkPad clone computers
IBM
Home video game console by Sony
64-bit CPU co-developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. It includes a 3.2 GHz PowerPC-based Power Processing Element (PPE) and seven Synergistic Processing Elements
PlayStation_3
Type of parallel processing
introduction of the much more powerful AltiVec system in the Motorola PowerPC and IBM's POWER systems. Intel responded in 1999 by introducing the all-new
Single instruction, multiple data
Single_instruction,_multiple_data
("G2") PPC 604/PPC 604e/PPC 604ev PPC 620 PowerPC 7xx family, PowerPC 740, 750, 745, and 755 only ("PowerPC G3") MPC8xx (PowerQUICC) MPC82xx (PowerQUICC
List_of_NXP_products
Defunct 1990s operating system
the entire company, and was intended as the primary operating system for PowerPC hardware, to allow IBM to effectively compete with the Wintel duopoly.
Workplace_OS
General-purpose programming language
library support for x86-64, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, WebAssembly, i686, AArch64, PowerPC, and s390x. Including Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Illumos
Rust_(programming_language)
Computer instruction set architecture
industry group. Power ISA is an evolution of the PowerPC ISA, created by the mergers of the core PowerPC ISA and the optional Book E for embedded applications
Power_ISA
Releases of Debian GNU/Linux, a computer operating system
OpenSSH and the mail transfer agent Postfix. Debian was ported to the PowerPC and ARM architectures. Point releases: 2.2r1 (14 November 2000; 25 years
Debian release version history
Debian_release_version_history
32-bit CPU for the Wii
architecture used in the GameCube and runs 50% faster at 729 MHz. The PowerPC 750CL, released in 2006, is a stock CPU offered by IBM; it is virtually
Broadway_(processor)
Video game console by Nintendo
Nintendo 64. They also announced partnerships with IBM to create Dolphin's PowerPC-based CPU, codenamed "Gekko," and with Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial
GameCube
Series of systems-on-a-chip designed by Apple
after they switched from PowerPC to Intel, and twenty-six years after their transition from the Motorola 68000 series to PowerPC. At the time of its introduction
Apple_M1
Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems
platforms Fujitsu Siemens Solaris 2.5.1 included support for the PowerPC platform (PowerPC Reference Platform), but the port was canceled before the Solaris
Oracle_Solaris
Microsoft operating system family
of processor architectures, initially IA-32, MIPS, and DEC Alpha, with PowerPC, Itanium, x86-64 and ARM supported in later releases. An initial idea was
Windows_NT
Series of microprocessors
The PowerPC e200 is a family of 32-bit Power ISA microprocessor cores developed by Freescale for primary use in automotive and industrial control systems
PowerPC_e200
Web browser by Microsoft
HP-UX) Platform IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7 (previously supported: MIPS, Alpha, PowerPC, 68k, SPARC, PA-RISC, Itanium) Included with Microsoft Plus! for Windows
Internet_Explorer
Computer software bug occurring in 2038
including ZTE Blade, Google Nexus 7 and 2012 Toshiba Android tablets. OS X-era PowerPC Macs will have their system clock get stuck on the rollover time as of
Year_2038_problem
17 × 17 cm motherboard
around the same layout, using VIA, but also Intel, AMD, Transmeta and PowerPC technology. Intel introduced a line of Mini-ITX boards for the Atom CPU
Mini-ITX
Computer data storage partitioning standard
32‐bit PowerPC 1DE3F1EF-FA98-47B5-8DCD-4A860A654D78 64‐bit PowerPC big‐endian 912ADE1D-A839-4913-8964-A10EEE08FBD2 64‐bit PowerPC little‐endian
GUID_Partition_Table
best-selling game consoles List of best-selling game consoles by region List of PowerPC-based game consoles List of accessories to video games by system List of
Lists_of_video_game_consoles
Computer software installed on multiple computing platforms
Xbox Minor, historical AmigaOS (m68k), AmigaOS 4 (PowerPC), AROS (x86, PowerPC, m68k), MorphOS (PowerPC) Atari TOS, MiNT BSD (many platforms; see NetBSDnet
Cross-platform_software
Line of laptop Macintosh computers by Apple Computer
by Apple Computer from 1997 to 2001. It was the first laptop to use the PowerPC G3 (PPC740/750) series of microprocessors, and was marketed as the fastest
PowerBook_G3
64-bit big-endian PowerPC architecture
the target architecture for applications optimized for 64-bit big-endian PowerPC and Power ISA processors. ppc64le is a pure little-endian mode that has
Ppc64
Microprocessor core
The PowerPC e500 is a 32-bit microprocessor core from Freescale Semiconductor. The core is compatible with the older PowerPC Book E specification as well
PowerPC_e500
Video gaming brand owned by Microsoft
generation of video game consoles. It featured a custom triple-core 64-bit PowerPC-based processor design by IBM with 512 MB of RAM memory. As of June 2014
Xbox
Personal computer released by Apple Computer, Inc.
1995 with a PowerPC 603 CPU at 75 MHz as a PowerPC-based replacement of the Macintosh LC 500 series. Later models switched to the PowerPC 603e CPU and
Power_Macintosh_5200_LC
Programming language family
different platforms such as the LLVM, the Java virtual machine, x86-64, PowerPC, Alpha, ARM, Motorola 68000, and MIPS, and operating systems such as Windows
Lisp_(programming_language)
64-bit power microprocessor
The PowerPC e6500 is a multithreaded 64-bit Power ISA-based microprocessor core from Freescale Semiconductor (now part of NXP). The e6500 core powers
PowerPC_e6500
CPU for the GameCube
Gekko is a superscalar out-of-order 32-bit PowerPC microprocessor custom-made by IBM in 2000 for Nintendo to use as the CPU in their sixth generation
Gekko_(processor)
Multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture
alliance known as "STI". It combines several elements: a general-purpose PowerPC core, named the Power Processing Element (PPE); and multiple specialized
Cell_(processor)
2007 operating system version
2009. Mac OS X Leopard is the last version of macOS that supports the PowerPC architecture as its successor, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, functions solely
Mac_OS_X_Leopard
Microprocessor with more than one processing unit
a dual-core PowerPC processor, released in 2001. POWER5, a dual-core PowerPC processor, released in 2004. POWER6, a dual-core PowerPC processor, released
Multi-core_processor
Implementation of C standard library for Linux operating system
2.6 or later Platform x86, x86_64, ARM, loongarch64, MIPS, Microblaze, PowerPC, powerpc64, x32, RISC-V, OpenRISC, s390x, SuperH Type C standard library
Musl
Home video game console
Wii U and later the Nintendo Switch. Moving away from its predecessor's PowerPC-based architecture, the Xbox One marks a shift back to the x86 architecture
Xbox_One
Apple rack-mounted server
optical drives was also available. The first Xserve had a PowerPC G4 processor, replaced by a PowerPC G5 in 2004, and by Intel Xeon processors in 2006; each
Xserve
POWERPC
POWERPC
POWERPC
POWERPC
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Irish
Strong fighter.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Having peace, Cool
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
A Famous Poet Name
Biblical
the endeavor of God
Biblical
that barks or yelps
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Seal 1–4; it is also established as a surname in Ireland.
Boy/Male
German, Scandinavian
Warrior
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Vine in a Beautiful Art
Boy/Male
Indian
Success, Unconquerable, Invincible
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a byname for someone having gray hair or a beard, from Old English græg, GRAY means "grey."
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POWERPC
POWERPC
POWERPC
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