The Motorola G5 project was an unsuccessful attempt around 2000-2001 to create a
64-bit
In computer architecture, 64-bit Integer (computer science), integers, memory addresses, or other Data (computing), data units are those that are 64 bits wide. Also, 64-bit central processing unit, CPUs and arithmetic logic unit, ALUs are those ...
PowerPC
PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple Inc., App ...
processor, as a successor to
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. () was an American Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent p ...
's
PowerPC 7400 series. On roadmaps from the era it was designated PowerPC 7500.
It has been suggested that Motorola had a working "G5" chip, but said chip failed in the early stages of mass production and thus could not be widely made into a usable chip.
When Apple began producing 64-bit systems under the G5 brand, they used
IBM's
PowerPC 970, which is also known as the PowerPC G5.
See also
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AIM alliance
The AIM alliance, also known as the PowerPC alliance, was formed on October 2, 1991, between Apple, IBM, and Motorola. Its goal was to create an industry-wide open-standard computing platform based on the POWER instruction set architecture. It ...
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ppc64
ppc64 is an identifier commonly used within the Linux, GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and LLVM open-source software communities to refer to the target architecture for applications optimized for 64-bit big-endian PowerPC and Power ISA processor ...
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PowerPC e700
The PowerPC e700 or NG-64 (Next Generation 64-bit) were the codenames of Freescale's first 64-bit embedded RISC- processor cores.
In 2004 Freescale announced a new high performance core. Not much was known about it. It would be a multi core, mult ...
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PWRficient
PWRficient is a microprocessor series by P.A. Semi where the PA6T-1682M was the only one that became an actual product.
PWRficient processors comply with the 64-bit Power ISA, and are designed for high performance and extreme power efficiency. T ...
External links
The Register – Motorola completes 1.6GHz PowerPC G5Architosh – Details on Motorola G5 Emerge
PowerPC microprocessors
Motorola microprocessors
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