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The '''Power Processing Unit''' (PPU) is a [[64-bit]] [[Multithreading (computer architecture)|dual threaded]] [[Out-of-order execution|in-order]] [[Power Architecture]] [[microprocessor]] [[Multi-core processor|core]] designed by [[IBM]] for use primarily in the [[game console]]s [[Playstation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]], but has also found applications in high performance computing in [[supercomputer]]s such as the record setting [[IBM Roadrunner]].
 
In most instances the PPU is joined by a 512 KB L2toL2 cache to form what is called the Power Processing ElemtnElement (PPE).
 
The PPU is used as a main CPU core in three different processor designs: