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PowerPC

RISC instruction set architecture by AIM alliance

Entityinstruction set architecture load/store architecture computing platformQ209860

Also known as ppc

Instance of: instruction set architecture
, load/store architecture
, computing platform
+2 more
Subclass of: central processing unit

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PowerPC is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM. PowerPC, as an evolving instruction set, has been named Power ISA since 2006, while the old name lives on as a trademark for some implementations of Power Architecture–based processors.

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Developer: AIM alliance
Started: 1992
Latest version: 2.02
Has characteristic: RISC ISA
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011517
Designed by: AIM alliance
Version, edition or translation of: Cell

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