AMD's current AM5 platform seems so well-established today that we sometimes forget that the 9-year-old AM4 is still alive ...

How can a company be just about everywhere, and yet nobody knows its name? Just ask Michel Mayer, chief executive of Freescale Semiconductor. Mayer's $6 billion Austin, Texas-based company, a recent ...

IBM's microelectronics division plans to begin offering one of its PowerPC chips to interested third parties under a new licensing plan. IBM has been edging toward a broad licensing program for ...

IBM's Tuesday, October 15th announcement of the PowerPC 970 was one of the most heavily anticipated processor announcements in recent memory. Mac users, would-be Mac users, Linux enthusiasts, and ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor will undoubtedly be a ...

Back in 2020, we reported on the effort to create a brand new open-source laptop platform using the PowerPC architecture. At the time they had big plans and a PCB design, and we’re very pleased to ...

Damien Barrett has the first benchmark comparisons between a PowerPC running OS X and an Intel Mac (I refuse to use the word 'Mactel,' thank you very much), and it isn't pretty. Though we must keep in ...

The PowerPC "G4" Is a Lie<BR>At the heart of the current high-end Macs, routers, and switches is the PowerPC G4, which is what Apple and Motorola claim to be their "fourth generation" CPU that is the ...

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IBM will put its PowerPC processor line back on the map Monday when it talks up a speedy chip that promises a substantial performance boost for desktops and servers. The PowerPC 970 chip, due next ...