CPUs: PowerPC 601
The biggest change in the Apple product line prior to 2006 was the transition from Motorola 680×0 CPUs to the PowerPC (PPC) family of CPUs. Designed by a consortium of Apple, IBM, and Motorola (a.k.a....
View ArticleCPUs: PowerPC 603 and 603e
The second generation split the PowerPC (PPC) line into entry level 603 and power user 604 chips. The 603 has only 1.6 million transistors, draws about half as much power as the 601, has two smaller...
View ArticleCPUs: PowerPC 604 and 604e
The “power user” second generation PowerPC (PPC) CPU was the 604, unveiled in December 1994 along with the 603. Containing 3.6 million transistors, drawing twice the power of the 601, and with a dual...
View ArticleCPUs: PowerPC G3
Arthur, legendary King of England, became the code-name for the third generation PowerPC (PPC) processor, eventually named the 740 and 750. The successor of the 603e, the third-generation CPUs were...
View ArticleCPUs: PowerPC G4
First available in the Power Mac G4 in late 1999, the G4 processor is to the G3 as the 604 was to the 603 – and then some! Like the 604, and unlike the G3, G4 is designed for multiprocessor operation....
View ArticleCPUs: PowerPC G5
The G5 is a full 64-bit member of the PowerPC CPU family that is fully compatible with 32-bit code. It was first used in the Power Mac G5 when it was released in June 2003. Only three different...
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