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Page 2 - Contents; Introduction; White Paper

Contents Page 3 Introduction Page 4 The World’s First 64-Bit Desktop Processor An Exponential Leap in Computing PowerMemory Addressing up to 18 ExabytesHigh-Precision Calculations in a Single Clock CycleClock Speeds up to 2GHzIndustry-Leading 1GHz Frontside BusFull Support for Symmetric Multiprocess...

Page 3 - performance for 2D imaging, 3D design, and video rendering tasks.; Key Features

Introduction The revolutionary PowerPC G5 changes everything you know about personal computing.Suddenly, the next generation of high-performance applications for design and graphics,media production, and scientific research is possible and practical on the desktop. That’sbecause the PowerPC G5 bring...

Page 4 - An Exponential Leap in Computing Power; , or 18 billion billion—4.3 billion times larger than; Memory Addressing up to 18 Exabytes

The World’s First 64-BitDesktop Processor The PowerPC G5 marks the arrival of 64-bit performance to the personal computer market. With 64-bit-wide data paths and registers, this groundbreaking new processorcan address vast amounts of main memory and handle multiple large integer and floating-point m...

Page 6 - Native Compatibility with 32-Bit Application Code

Native Compatibility with 32-Bit Application Code On other platforms, switching to a 64-bit computer requires migrating to a 64-bit operating system (and purchasing 64-bit applications) or running a 32-bit operating system in a slow emulation mode. With the PowerPC G5, the transition to a 64-bit sys...

Page 7 - Microprocessor Report; Ultrafast Access to Data and Instructions

Next-Generation PowerPCArchitecture The PowerPC G5 is a highly parallel implementation of the PowerPC architecture,capable of handling multiple assorted tasks at the same time. It’s based on the execu-tion core of IBM’s 64-bit POWER4 processor—recipient of the Microprocessor Report ’s 2001 Analyst’s...

Page 8 - Up to 215 in-flight instructions; PowerPC G5 Architecture

Highly Parallel Execution Core At the heart of the PowerPC G5 is an entirely new superscalar, superpipelined executioncore, composed of 12 functional units that execute different types of instructions con-currently for massive data throughput. Before instructions are dispatched into the functional u...

Page 13 - SPEC CPU2000: Dual Processor System Throughput

For comparisons that more accurately demonstrate the performance of a dual proces-sor system, VeriTest used the “SPEC rate” metrics, which recognize multiple processors.With SPECint_rate_base2000 and SPECfp_rate_base2000, the benchmark code is compiled and multiple copies are run concurrently, allow...

Page 14 - Technical Specifications; 4-bit PowerPC processor architecture; active streams; Frontside bus

Technical Specifications 64-bit PowerPC processor architecture • Virtual address range: 64 bits, or 18 exabytes• Physical address range: 42 bits, or 4 terabytes• Full 64-bit data paths and registers• Native support for 32-bit application code• 64K L1 instruction cache; 32K L1 data cache• 512K intern...

Page 15 - For More Information

Three-component branch prediction logic • Speculative superscalar inner core organization• Fast, selective flush of incorrect speculative instructions and results• Prediction of up to two branches per cycle• Support for up to 16 predicted branches in flight• Prediction hints added to branch instruct...

Apple PowerPC G5 - Manual

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