P.A. SemiPWRficient PA6T-1682M, a dual-core microprocessor that runs at 2GHz
Embedded PowerPC
32-bit and 64-bit PowerPC processors have been a favorite of embedded computer designers. To keep costs low on high-volume competitive products, the CPU core is usually bundled into a system-on-chip (SOC) integrated circuit. SOCs contain the processor core, cache and the processor's local data on-chip, along with clocking, timers, memory (SDRAM), peripheral (network, serial I/O), and bus (PCI, PCI-X, ROM/Flash bus, I2C) controllers. IBM also offers an open bus architecture (called CoreConnect) to facilitate connection of the processor core to memory and peripherals in a SOC design. IBM and Motorola have competed along parallel development lines in overlapping markets. A later development was the Book E PowerPC Specification, implemented by both IBM and Freescale Semiconductor, which defines embedded extensions to the PowerPC programming model.
BRE440radiation hardened CPU based on PowerPC 440 core with 256 kB L2 Cache, PCI, (2) 10/100 Ethernet, 4-CH DMA, (2) UART, extensive on chip memory control. Designed specifically for radiation environments and extreme temperature environments (such as space).
MPC55xx – e200 core, automotive & industrial controllers, up to 144MHz
MPC56xx – e200 core, automotive & industrial controllers, up to 264MHz
MPC82xx PowerQUICC II – 603e core, networking & telecom SoC controllers with high-capacity on-chip switched bus and communications module, up to 450MHz
MPC83xx PowerQUICC II Pro – e300 core, networking & telecom SoC controllers with high-capacity on-chip switched bus and communications module, up to 667MHz
MPC85xx PowerQUICC III – e500 core, high end networking & telecom SoC controllers with high-capacity on-chip switched bus and communications module. D Dual core versions supporting both symmetric and asymmetric multiprocessing, up to 1.5GHz.
MPC864x – e600 core, 1 MB L2 cache, improved AltiVec (out of order instructions), an embedded memory controller, Ethernet controllers, a RapidIO fabric interface, a PCI Express interface, and MPX bus. Dual core versions supporting both symmetric and asymmetric multiprocessing, up to 1.5GHz.
QorIQ Processing Platforms (evolution of the PowerQUICC). The first letter of the model indicates the series, the second and the third model number indicates the number of cores (e.g. P5040 has four cores, T4240 has 24 cores)
PWRficient PA6T-1682M: a dual core PPC running at 2GHz
Rapport
Kilocore 1025: a CPU with a single PowerPC core and 1024 processing element (8 bit, 125MHz) cores (unreleased). This CPU is designed for running security and multimedia applications (with parallel processing) on portable game devices and media players.
Xilinx
Some Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4 FPGA have up to two embedded PowerPC 405 cores.[1][2]
Virtex-5 FXT has up to two embedded PowerPC 440 cores.
Northbridge
Northbridge or host bridge for PowerPC CPU is an Integrated Circuit (IC) for interfacing PowerPC CPU with memory, and Southbridge IC. Some Northbridge also provide interface for Accelerated Graphics Ports (AGP) bus, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), PCI-X, PCI Express, or Hypertransport bus. Specific Northbridge IC must be used for PowerPC CPU. It is impossible to use Northbridge for Intel or AMD x86 CPU with PowerPC CPU. However it is possible to use certain types of x86 Southbridge in PowerPC based motherboards. Example: VIA 686B and AMD Geode CS5536.
Apple UniNorth 2 AGP used in PowerPC 74xx Based Macs
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