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[[Apple Computer]] was the dominant player in the market of personal computers based on PowerPC processors until 2006 when it switched to [[Intel]]-based processors. Apple used PowerPC processors in the [[Power Mac]], [[iMac]], [[eMac]], [[PowerBook]], [[iBook]], [[Mac mini]], and [[Xserve]]. Classic Macintosh accelerator boards using PowerPCs were made by [[DayStar Digital]], [[Newer Technology]], [[Sonnet Technologies]], and [[TotalImpact]].
There have been several attempts to create PowerPC reference platforms for computers by [[IBM]] and others: The IBM [[PowerPC Reference Platform|PReP]] (PowerPC Reference Platform) is a system standard intended to ensure compatibility among PowerPC-based systems built by different companies; IBM POP (PowerPC Open Platform) is an open and free standard and design of PowerPC motherboards. [[Genesi Pegasos|Pegasos]] [[Open Desktop Workstation]] (ODW) is an open and free standard and design of PowerPC motherboards based on [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] Discovery II (MV64361) chipset; PReP standard specifies the PCI bus, but will also support ISA, MicroChannel, and PCMCIA. PReP-compliant systems will be able to run OS/2, AIX, Solaris, Taligent, and Windows NT; and the [[Common Hardware Reference Platform|CHRP]] (Common Hardware Reference Platform) is an open platform agreed on by Apple, IBM, and Motorola. All CHRP systems will be able to run Mac OS, OS/2-PPC, Windows NT, AIX, Solaris, Novell Netware. CHRP is a superset of PReP and the PowerMac platforms.
Power.org has defined the [[Power Architecture Platform Reference]] (PAPR) that provides the foundation for development of computers based on the Linux operating system.
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All three major seventh-generation [[game consoles]] contain PowerPC-based processors. Sony's [[PlayStation 3]] console, released in November 2006, contains a [[Cell processor]], including a 3.2 GHz PowerPC control processor and eight closely threaded DSP-like accelerator processors, seven active and one spare; Microsoft's [[Xbox 360]] console, released in 2005, includes a 3.2 GHz custom IBM PowerPC chip with three symmetrical cores, each core SMP-capable at two threads, and Nintendo's [[Wii]] console, also released in November 2006, contains an extension of the PowerPC architecture found in their previous system, the [[GameCube]].
Several arcade system boards were also powered by PowerPC-based processors, such as [[Sega Model 3]], powering games such as ''[[Scud Race]]'', ''[[Sega Rally 2]]'' and ''[[Daytona USA 2]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Sega Model 3 Step 1.0 Hardware |url=https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=717 |website=System 16 |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref> [[Konami]] Viper, which was used in ''[[Police 911]]'' and ''[[Silent Scope]] EX'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Konami Viper Hardware |url=https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=584 |website=System 16 |access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> as well as [[Taito]] Type Zero, which powered the first two games in the ''[[Battle Gear]]'' series, as well as ''[[Densha de Go!]] 3''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taito Type-Zero Hardware |url=https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=673 |website=System 16 |access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref>
==TV set-top boxes / digital recorder==
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