PowerPC user-level instruction set

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:category Computer architecture
Instruction set architectures
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:PowerPC_601
gptkb:PowerPC_603
gptkb:PowerPC_604
gptkb:PowerPC_G5
gptkb:PowerPC_G3
gptkb:PowerPC_G4
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Apple
gptkb:IBM
gptkb:Motorola
gptkbp:documentedIn PowerPC Architecture Book, Book I
gptkbp:endianSupport big-endian
little-endian
gptkbp:fileExtension gptkb:AltiVec
gptkb:SPE_(Signal_Processing_Engine)
Book E (embedded extensions)
gptkbp:hasFeature conditional branching
floating-point operations
load/store architecture
fixed instruction length
branch prediction
integer operations
SIMD instructions (AltiVec in some variants)
gptkbp:hasRegisterSet 32 floating-point registers
32 general-purpose registers
special-purpose registers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PowerPC user-level instruction set
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Power_ISA
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:IBM_POWER_architecture
gptkbp:introducedIn 1991
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:PowerPC_architecture
gptkbp:successor IBM POWER instruction set
gptkbp:supports gptkb:microprocessor
32-bit instructions
64-bit instructions
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Apple_Macintosh_computers
gptkb:IBM_RS/6000
embedded systems
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:PowerPC_microprocessors
industrial equipment
automotive systems
game consoles (e.g., Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Book_I:_User_Instruction_Set_Architecture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8