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Developed as part of the Apple/IBM/Motorola alliance. The 604 was used in a number of [[Apple Computer]] systems, some IBM RS/6000 models and other systems/applications. This CPU is also used in the [[Motorola Atlas]] system. | Developed as part of the Apple/IBM/Motorola alliance. The 604 was used in a number of [[Apple Computer]] systems, some IBM RS/6000 models and other systems/applications. This CPU is also used in the [[Motorola Atlas]] system. | ||
=General Information= | |||
The principal features of the PowerPC 604 microprocessor include | |||
* full RISC processing architecture | |||
* parallel processing units: one load-store unit, two integer units, one complex integer unit, and one floating-point unit | |||
* a branch manager that can usually implement branches by reloading the incoming instruction queue without using any processing time | |||
* an internal memory management unit (MMU) | |||
* separate built-in caches for data and instructions, 16 KB each, four-way set associative | |||
=PowerPC 604e= | |||
Improves performance over the 604 with additional L1 cache and faster clock speeds. | |||
=See Also= | =See Also= | ||
* [[Apple Computer]] | * [[Apple Computer]] | ||
* [[PowerPC 601]] | |||
[[Category:Apple]] | |||
[[Category:Processors]] | [[Category:Processors]] | ||
[[Category:IBM]] | |||
[[Category:Motorola]] | |||
[[Category:PowerPC]] | |||
Revision as of 00:17, 26 September 2020
Developed as part of the Apple/IBM/Motorola alliance. The 604 was used in a number of Apple Computer systems, some IBM RS/6000 models and other systems/applications. This CPU is also used in the Motorola Atlas system.
General Information
The principal features of the PowerPC 604 microprocessor include
- full RISC processing architecture
- parallel processing units: one load-store unit, two integer units, one complex integer unit, and one floating-point unit
- a branch manager that can usually implement branches by reloading the incoming instruction queue without using any processing time
- an internal memory management unit (MMU)
- separate built-in caches for data and instructions, 16 KB each, four-way set associative
PowerPC 604e
Improves performance over the 604 with additional L1 cache and faster clock speeds.