List of PowerPC processors

General-purpose PowerPC processors

IBM/Motorola

PowerPC 600 family">PowerPC 600">PowerPC 600 family

• 601 50 and 66 MHz
• 602 consumer products
• 603/603e/603ev notebooks, embedded devices
• 604/604e/604ev workstations and low end servers
• 620 the first 64-bit implementation

  PowerPC 7xx family">PowerPC 7xx">PowerPC 7xx family

• 740/750 233–366 MHz

  Motorola/Freescale

PowerPC 7xx family

• PowerPC 740 and 750, 233–366 MHz
• 745/755, 300–466 MHz

  PowerPC 74xx family

• 7400/7410 350–550 MHz, uses AltiVec, a SIMD extension of the original PPC specs
• 7440/7450 micro-architecture family up to 1.5 GHz and 256 kB on-chip L2 cache and improved Altivec
• 7447/7457 micro-architecture family up to 1.83 GHz with 512 kB on-chip L2 cache
• 7448 micro-architecture family in 90 nm with 1MB L2 cache and slightly improved AltiVec.
• 8640/8641/8640D/8641D with one or two e600 cores, 1MB L2 cache

  IBM

[IBM POWER microprocessors]

• POWER3, 64-bit, 200–450 MHz, originally the PowerPC 630. Introduced in 1998.
• POWER4, 64-bit, dual core, 1.0–1.9 GHz, follows the PowerPC 2.00 ISA. Introduced in 2001.
• POWER5, 64-bit, dual core, 2 way SMT/core, 1.6–2.0 GHz, follows the PowerPC 2.01 ISA. Introduced in 2004.
• POWER5+, 64-bit, dual core, 2 way SMT/core, 1.9–2.2 GHz, follows the PowerPC 2.02 ISA. Introduced in 2005.
• POWER6, 64-bit, dual core, 2 way SMT/core, 3.6–4.7 GHz, follows the Power ISA 2.03. Introduced in 2007.
• POWER6+, 64 bit, dual core, 2 way SMT/core, 5.0 GHz, follows the Power ISA 2.05. Introduced in 2009.
• POWER7, 64-bit octo core, 4 way SMT/core, 2.4–4.25 GHz, follows the Power ISA 2.06. Introduced in 2010.
• POWER7+, 64-bit octo core, 4 way SMT/core, 3.0–5.0 GHz, follows the Power ISA 2.06. Introduced in 2012.
• POWER8, 64-bit, hex or twelve core, 8 way SMT/core, 5.0 GHz, follows the Power ISA 2.07. Introduced in 2014.
• POWER9, 64-bit, PowerNV 24 cores of 4 way SMT/core, PowerVM 12 cores of 8 way SMT/core, follows the Power ISA 3.0. Introduced in 2016.
• POWER10, 64-bit, up to 48 cores, will follow the Power ISA 3.1. Expected to be available in 2021.

  [RS64]

• A10, 50–77 MHz, 1995, single chip processor for Series i
• A25/30, 125–154 MHz, 1996, multi chip, 4 way SMP for Series i
• RS64, 64-bit, 125 MHz, 1997 for large scale SMP systems Series i and Series p
• RS64-II, 262 MHz, 1998
• RS64-III, 450 MHz in 1999, 600 in 2000
• RS64-IV, 750 MHz, multithreading, 2000

  PowerPC 7xx family

• 750CL with 256 kB on die L2 cache at 400–900 MHz introduced in 2006
• 750CX/CXe with 256 kB on die L2 cache at 350–600 MHz
• 750FX with 512 kB L2 cache announced by IBM in 2001 and available early 2002 at 1 GHz
• 750GX with 1 MB L2 cache introduced by IBM in 2003

  PowerPC 970 family">PowerPC 970">PowerPC 970 family

• 970, 64-bit, derived from POWER4, enhanced with VMX, 512 kB L2 cache, 1.4–2 GHz
• 970FX, manufactured at 90 nm, 1.8–2.7 GHz
• 970GX, manufactured at 90 nm, 1MB L2 cache/core, 1.2–2.5 GHz
• 970MP, dual core, 1 MB L2 cache/core, 1.6–2.5 GHz

  Cell">Cell microprocessor">Cell

• Cell BE, 64-bit PPE-core, 2 way multithreading, VMX, 512 kB L2 cache, 8x SPE, 8x 256 kB Local Store memory, 3.2 GHz, follows the PowerPC 2.02 ISA
• Cell BE 65 nm, same as above but manufactured on a 65 nm process
• PowerXCell 8i, same as above but with enhanced double precision SPEs and support for DDR-RAM

  Supercomputer

• Blue Gene/L, dual core PowerPC 440, 700 MHz, 2004
• Blue Gene/P, quad core PowerPC 450, 850 MHz, 2007
• Blue Gene/Q, 18 core PowerPC A2, 1.6 GHz, 2011

  Other

• Exponential Technology x704, a BiCMOS PowerPC implementation, 410 to 533 MHz
• P.A. Semi PWRficient PA6T-1682M, a dual-core microprocessor that runs at 2 GHz

  Embedded PowerPC

AMCC

• 440SP: 533–667 MHz, 10/100/1G Ethernet, 64bit PCI-X, 32bit PCI-X, XOR engine, 32k L1 Cache.
• 440SPe: 533–667 MHz, 10/100/1G Ethernet, 64bit PCI-Express, 64bit PCI-X, XOR engine, 32k L1 Cache.
• 440EPx: 333–667 MHz, 10/100/1G Ethernet, Hardware Security, PCI, DDR-II, FPU, USB 1.1 or USB 2.0, 32k L1 Cache.
• 440GR: 333–667 MHz, 10/100 Ethernet, UART, IIC, 53 GPIO, SPI, 32k L1 Cache.
• 440GRx: 333–667 MHz, 10/100/1G Ethernet, UART, IIC, 53 GPIO, SPI, DDR-II, Hardware Security, 32k L1 Cache.
• PowerPC Titan, 32-bit, dual core, 2 GHz. Announced, planned release in 2008

  Broad Reach Engineering

• BRE440 radiation hardened CPU based on PowerPC 440 core with 256 kB L2 Cache, PCI, 10/100 Ethernet, 4-CH DMA, UART, extensive on chip memory control. Designed specifically for radiation environments and extreme temperature environments.

  BAE Systems

• RAD750 radiation hardened CPU based on PowerPC 750 core.

  Culturecom

• V-Dragon based on PowerPC 405 core.

  Cray

• SeaStar, SeaStar2 and SeaStar2+, PowerPC 440 based communications processors for their Opteron based XT3, XT4 and XT5 supercomputers.

  Freescale (former Motorola)

• MPC8xx PowerQUICC – networking & telecom card controllers with embedded communications module, up to 80 MHz
• MPC5xx – automotive & industrial controllers
• MPC51xx/MPC52xx – e300 core, automotive & industrial system on a chip controllers, up to 466 MHz
• MPC55xx – e200 core, automotive & industrial controllers, up to 144 MHz
• MPC56xx – e200 core, automotive & industrial controllers, up to 264 MHz
• MPC82xx PowerQUICC II – 603e core, networking & telecom SoC controllers with high-capacity on-chip switched bus and communications module, up to 450 MHz
• MPC83xx PowerQUICC II Pro – e300 core, networking & telecom SoC controllers with high-capacity on-chip switched bus and communications module, up to 667 MHz
• 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 1.5 GHz.
• MPC864x – e600 core, 1 MB L2 cache, improved AltiVec, 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 1.5 GHz.
• QorIQ Processing Platforms. The first letter of the model indicates the series, the second and the third model number indicates the number of cores
• * P series
• ** P1 series, e500v2 cores: P1011, P1020
• ** P2 series: e500v2 core P2020, e500mc cores P2040, P2041
• ** P3 series, introduced in 2010, based on e500mc cores: P3041
• ** P4 series, introduced in 2009, based on e500mc cores: P4080
• ** P5 series, introduced in 2012, 45 nm process, based on e5500 cores: P5010, P5020, P5021, P5040
• * T series, introduced in 2013, all based on e6500 cores, and 28 nm process
• ** T1 series: T1040, T1042, T1020, T1022
• ** T2 series: T2080, T2081
• ** T4 series: T4240, T4160, T4080

  IBM (now from AMCC)

• 401
• 403: MMU added in most advanced version 403GCX
• 405: MMU, Ethernet, serial, PCI, SRAM, SDRAM; NPe405 adds more network devices
• 440: A range of processors based on the Book E core.
• * 440EP: 333–667 MHz, 10/100 Ethernet, PCI, DDR, FPU, USB 1.1 or USB 2.0, 32k L1 Cache.
• * 440GP: 400–500 MHz, 10/100 Ethernet, PCI-X, DDR, 32k L1 Cache.
• * 440GX: 533–800 MHz, 10/100 Ethernet, 10/100/1G Ethernet with TCP/IP hardware acceleration, PCI-X, DDR, 32k L1 Cache

  Microsoft

• Xenon – Three core PPE-based, 1 MB shared L2 cache, VMX128, 3.2 GHz

  Nintendo

• Gekko – 750CXe core with special enhancements, 485 MHz
• Broadway – 750CL, 729 MHz
• Espresso – 3 × 750 cores, 1.24 GHz

  P.A. Semi

• PWRficient PA6T-1682M: a dual core PPC running at 2 GHz

  Rapport

• Kilocore 1025: a CPU with a single PowerPC core and 1024 processing element cores. This CPU is designed for running security and multimedia applications on portable game devices and media players.

  Xilinx

• Some Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4 FPGA have up to two embedded PowerPC 405 cores,.
• Virtex-5 FXT has up to two embedded PowerPC 440 cores.

  Northbridge

• IBM:
• *CPC 700 and CPC 710 for IBM PowerPC 750 series.
• *CPC 925 and CPC 945 for IBM PowerPC 970 series.
• Motorola :
• *MPC-105
• *MPC-106
• *MPC-107
• Mentor Arc Inc..
• *Articia S.
• Marvell Discovery series for Motorola MPC74xx and MPC75x and IBM 750 series CPU.
• *Discovery.
• *Discovery LT.
• *Discovery II.
• *Discovery III.
• *Discovery V.
• *Discovery VI.
• Philips Semiconductor
• *VAS96011 and VAS96012: Two IC northbridge for PowerPC 603 and PowerPC 604.
• Tundra
• *TSI-106.
• *TSI-107 / XPC107APX series.
• *TSI-108
• *TSI-109
• *TSI-110
• *Qspan II – PCI bus interface for PowerPC CPU.
• *PowerPro – Memory controller for PowerPC CPU.