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[[Microprocessor]]s belonging to the [[PowerPC|PowerPC/Power ISA]]{{efn|PowerPC, as an evolving instruction set, has since 2006 been named Power ISA, while the old name lives on as a trademark for some implementations of Power Architecture-based processors}} architecture family have been used in numerous applications.
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[[File:1ghz Titanium Apple PowerBook G4.jpg|thumb|PowerBook G4]]
[[Apple Computer]] was the dominant player in the market of
There have been several attempts to create PowerPC reference platforms for
▲[[Apple Computer]] was the dominant player in the market of desktop 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]].
Power.org has defined the [[Power Architecture Platform Reference]]
▲There have been several attempts to create PowerPC reference platforms for desktop 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. [[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 [[Power Architecture Platform Reference]], PAPR, that provides the foundation for development of [[Power Architecture]] computers based on the Linux operating system.
▲List of desktop computers based on PowerPC:
* [[Amiga]]▼
** Eyetech [[AmigaOne]]▼
* Amiga accelerator boards:
** [[Phase5]]
** [[Phase5]]
* Apple
** [[iMac]]
** [[PowerMac]]
** [[Xserve]]
** [[Mac mini]]
** [[PowerBook]]
* Eyetech
* [[Genesi]]
** [[Genesi Pegasos|Pegasos]] [[Open Desktop Workstation]] (ODW).
** [[EFIKA]]
* [[IBM]]
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* [[ACube Systems Srl]]
** [[Sam440]] (Samantha)
** [[Sam460ex]] (Samantha)
==Servers==
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*[[Blue Gene/L]] and Blue Gene/P Supercomputer, keeping the top spots of supercomputers since 2004, also being the first systems to performa faster than one [[Petaflops]].
*[[System p]] with [[POWER5]] processors are used as the base for many supercomputers as they are made to scale well and have powerful CPUs.
*All supercomputers of [[Spanish Supercomputing Network]], built using [[PowerPC 970]] based [[blade server]]s. [[Magerit]] and [[
*[[IBM Roadrunner|Roadrunner]] is a new [[Cell microprocessor|Cell]]/[[Opteron]] based supercomputer that will be operational in 2008, pushing the 1 [[FLOPS|PetaFLOPS]] mark.
*[[Summit (supercomputer)|Summit]] and [[Sierra (supercomputer)|Sierra]], currently the world's first and second fastest supercomputers, respectively.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/technology/supercomputer-china-us.html|title=Move Over, China: U.S. Is Again Home to World's Speediest Supercomputer|last=Lohr|first=Steve|date=8 June 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>
'''Apple'''
* [[System X (
'''Cray'''
*The [[Cray XT3|XT3]], [[Cray XT4|XT4]] and [[Cray XT4|XT5]] supercomputers have Opteron CPUs but [[PowerPC 400#PowerPC 440|PowerPC 440]] based SeaStar communications processors connecting the CPUs to a very high bandwidth communications grid.
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*The [[PlayStation 3]] is the base of [[Cell microprocessor|Cell]] based supercomputer grids running [[Yellow Dog Linux]].
==Personal digital assistants (smartphones and tablets)==
[[IBM]] released a Personal Digital Assistant ([[Personal digital assistant|PDA]]) reference platform ("Arctic") based on PowerPC [[PowerPC 400#PowerPC 405|405LP]] (Low Power). This project is discontinued after IBM sold PowerPC 4XX design to AMCC.
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==Game consoles==
All three major seventh-generation [[game consoles]] contain PowerPC-based processors. Sony's [[PlayStation 3]] console, released in November
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==
IBM, [[Sony]], and [[Zarlink Semiconductor]] had released several Set Top Box (STB) reference platforms based on [[IBM]] PowerPC [[405]] cores and [[IBM]] Set Top Box ([[STB]]) System-On-Chip ([[SOC]])▼
▲IBM, [[Sony]], and [[Zarlink Semiconductor]] had released several Set Top Box (STB) reference platforms based on [[IBM]] PowerPC [[PowerPC 400#PowerPC 405|405]] cores and [[IBM]] Set Top Box ([[Set-top box|STB]]) System-On-Chip ([[System-on-a-chip|SOC]])
* [[Sony]] Set top box ([[STB]]).▼
* [[Motorola]] Set top box.▼
* [[
* [[TiVo]] (Series1) personal TV/video digital recorder (VDR).
==Printers/
* [[Global Graphics]], [[YARC]] Raster Image Processing ([[Raster Image Processor|RIP]]) system for professional printers.
* [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Kyocera]], [[Konica-Minolta]], [[Lexmark]], [[Xerox]] laser and inkjet printers.
==Network/USB
* [[Buffalo Technology]]
** [[Buffalo network-attached storage series|Kuro Box/LinkStation/TeraStation]] [[network-attached storage]] devices
* [[Cisco Systems|Cisco]] routers
* [[Culturecom (VoIP)|Culturecom]] - VoIP in [[China]].
* [[Realm Systems]]
** [[BlackDog]] Plug-in [[USB]] mobile [[Linux]] Server
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* [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Daimler Benz]] cars and other car manufacturers.
==Medical
*
* [[Matrox]] image processing subsystem for medical equipment: [[MRI]], [[Computed axial tomography|CAT]], [[Positron emission tomography|PET]], [[Medical ultrasonography|USG]]
== Military and
* The [[RAD750]] (234A510, 234A511, 244A325) radiation-hardened processors, used in several spacecraft.
* [[Maxwell Technologies|Maxwell]] radiation hardened [[Single-board
* [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[submarine]] [[sonar]] systems.[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7789]
* Canadarm for International Space Station (ISS) created by MacDonald, Detwiller & Associates (MDA).
* [[Leclerc tank|Leclerc]] [[main battle tank]] fire control [http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/biblioth/docu/kiosque/cahiers/pdf/c0028.pdf]
* [[Culturecom (VoIP)|Culturecom]] - Tax [[Point of Sale]]s terminal in China.▼
== Test and measurement equipment ==
* [[LeCroy Corporation|LeCroy]] digital oscilloscopes (certain series).
==References==
▲== Point of Sales ==
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==External links==
▲* [[Culturecom]] - Tax [[Point of Sale]]s terminal in China.
* [https://www.openpowerfoundation.org/ The OpenPOWER Foundation]
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