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Title: PowerPC
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| 1 | + | The **PowerPC** architecture, also referred to as **PPC** or **Power ISA**, is a 32-bit and 64-bit family of RISC instruction set processors created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM. It is a derivative of the Power Architecture for RISC-based systems. | |
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| 3 | + | The PowerPC architecture is supported by a plethora of operating systems including but not restricted to [[Amiga|Amiga OS]], [[FreeBSD|BSD]], IBM i, [[Portal:Linux|Linux]], [[Portal:Mac|Mac OS Classic]], [[Portal:Mac|Mac OS X]] and [[MorphOS]]. PowerPC-based processors are used for systems as different as embedded applications (including autopilots, robots and space craft), game consoles, personal computers, workstations, servers and mainframe computers. | |
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| 5 | + | Free Pascal supports code generation for both 32-bit and 64-bit PowerPC-based systems. | |
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| 7 | + | ## See also | |
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| 9 | + | - [[PPC Calling conventions]] | |
| 10 | + | - [[PowerPC64 Port]] | |
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| 13 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "PowerPC", as it stood on 2016-11-27 after a change by Jwdietrich, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 14 | + | Category: PowerPC |