Word: powerpc
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...PowerPC refers to a family of microprocessors--the "brain" of personal computers and workstations--made in a joint effort by IBM, Apple and Motorola. It implements the so-called POWER architecture--how the microprocessor itself works as well as how it interfaces with the other components of a computer--originally developed by IBM and used in its successful RS/6000 series...
...only PowerPC model currently available is the 50MHz 601, whose internal crystal clock ticks 50 million times per second. The PowerPC adheres to the RISC, or Reduced Instruction Set Computing, standard, which aims at achieving high computing speed by having a small number of machine instructions that can be executed quickly...
...another potentially powerful player in the PC processor market is the PowerPC, jointly developed by IBM, Apple and Motorola. Like the Alpha, the PowerPC belongs to the clan of CPUs that has as its motto "Simple Is Beautiful." Known as reduced instruction set computers (RISC), these systems attempt to execute simple-instructions as fast as possible...