ppc64
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
(Redirected from PPC64)
ppc64 is an identifier commonly used within the Linux, GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and LLVM open-source software communities to refer to the target architecture for applications optimized for 64-bit big-endian PowerPC and Power Architecture processors.[1]
ppc64le is a pure little-endian mode that has been introduced with the POWER8 as the prime target for technologies provided by the OpenPOWER Foundation, aiming at enabling porting of the x86 Linux-based software with minimal effort.[2]
These two identifiers are frequently used when compiling source code to identify the target architecture.[3]
The PowerPC 970 was released in 2003 and was one of the first 64-bit processors developed for consumer-type computers, PowerMac G5 in this case.
64-bit PowerPC processors are the following:
- PowerPC 620
- RS64 Apache, RS64-II Northstar, RS64-III Pulsar/IStar, and RS64-IV SStar
- POWER3 and POWER3-II
- POWER4 and POWER4+
- PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, PowerPC 970MP and PowerPC 970GX
- POWER5 and POWER5+
- PPE in Cell BE, PowerXCell 8i and Xenon.
- PWRficient
- POWER6 and POWER6+
- POWER7 and POWER7+
- PowerPC A2 and Blue Gene/Q
- PowerPC e5500
- PowerPC e6500
- POWER8
Defunct 64-bit PowerPC processors are the Motorola G5 and PowerPC e700.
