PowerPC

PowerPC is a RISC microprocessor architecture created by the 1991 Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance, known as AIM. Originally intended for workstations, PowerPC CPUs have since become popular embedded and high-performance processors as well. PowerPC was the cornerstone of AIM's PReP and Common Hardware Reference Platform initiatives in the 1990s, but the architecture found the most success in the personal computer market in Apple's Power Macintosh line from 1994-2005.

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RISC - Microprocessor - 1991 - Apple - IBM - Motorola - AIM - Workstation - Embedded - PReP - Common Hardware Reference Platform - Personal computer - Power Macintosh - 1994 - 2005

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PowerPC is largely based on IBM's earlier (but retroactively named) POWER architecture, and retains a high level of compatibility with it; the architectures have remained close enough that the same programs and operating systems will run on both if some care is taken in preparation.

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POWER - Operating system

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