Cobra

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Cobra is the internal codename for IBM and Motorola's first-generation PowerPC 601 microprocessor, used in early PowerPC-based systems in the mid-1990s.

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instanceOf PowerPC microprocessor
microprocessor codename
alsoKnownAs PowerPC 601
architecture PowerPC
clockSpeedRange 50 MHz to 80 MHz (typical)
codenameFor IBM PowerPC 601
linked to: PowerPC 601

Motorola PowerPC 601
linked to: PowerPC 601
compatibleWith POWER architecture (subset)
PowerPC architecture
linked to: PowerPC
developedBy IBM
Motorola
fabricationPartner IBM Microelectronics
linked to: IBM

Motorola Semiconductor
linked to: Motorola
feature integrated integer and floating-point units
on-chip cache memory
superscalar execution (limited)
generation first-generation PowerPC
intendedUse transition from POWER to PowerPC
manufacturer IBM
Motorola
marketIntroduction 1993
marketSegment general-purpose computing
notableFor enabling first-generation Power Macintosh computers
packageType PGA
roleInEcosystem first widely deployed PowerPC CPU
successor PowerPC 603
PowerPC 604
supportsInstructionSet POWER/PowerPC hybrid ISA
PowerPC ISA
linked to: PowerPC
supportsOperatingSystem AIX
Mac OS (classic)
linked to: Classic Mac OS

OS/2 for PowerPC
linked to: OS/2

Windows NT for PowerPC
linked to: Windows NT

various UNIX variants for PowerPC
technologyNode 0.6 µm (initial versions)
timePeriod mid-1990s
usedByCompany Apple
linked to: Apple Inc.

IBM
Motorola
usedIn Apple Power Macintosh systems
linked to: Power Macintosh

IBM PowerPC Reference Platform systems
IBM RS/6000 systems
desktop computers
early PowerPC-based systems
servers
workstations
wordSize 32-bit

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PowerPC 601 codename Cobra