PowerPC alliance announces first mainstream desktop microprocessor to reach the next generation of performance; doubles PowerPC chip performance in less than a year.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1995--IBM and Motorola today unveiled two high-powered extensions to the PowerPC 604(tm) line of RISC-based microprocessors, establishing a new level of PowerPC chip performance for desktop personal computers. These new versions of the PowerPC 604 microprocessor operate at 133 and 120 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , performance that exceeds Intel's current Pentium offerings and is comparable to the future P6 microprocessor. With this announcement, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Motorola double desktop PowerPC chip performance in less than a year and offer the first mainstream desktop microprocessor capable of achieving a SPECint92 performance rating of 200. "Today, our slowest PowerPC 604 processor outperforms Intel's fastest PC microprocessor," said Ron Black, director of PowerPC microprocessor marketing, IBM Microelectronics Division. Continued innovation and investment by the Apple, IBM, Motorola development alliance allows us to develop and incorporate the most advanced, next generation technologies, including Reduced Instruction Set Computing Noun 1. reduced instruction set computing - (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform reduced instruction set computer, RISC (RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. ), faster floating point operations and superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. implementation. That's how we will maintain our processor lead." "By introducing these new PowerPC 604 chips, the alliance continues to show its strength and commitment to deliver the industry's next microprocessor standard," said Phil Pompa, director of marketing, Motorola RISC Microprocessor Division. "The PowerPC 604 at 133 MHz provides unsurpassed processor performance for high-performance desktop and server applications." The new PowerPC 604 processors are expected to show up in desktop systems soon. The imminent arrival of systems based on 133 and 120 MHz PowerPC 604 microprocessors illustrate the growing ease of leveraging PowerPC performance. Like all other PowerPC microprocessors, the two new chips combine superior performance with the ability to run the fullest range of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and applications. Organizations that have announced systems or plans to develop PowerPC microprocessor-based systems include: Apple Computer, Canon, DayStar Digital DayStar Digital, Inc., was founded in 1983 by Andrew Lewis as a subcontract manufacturer of electronic assemblies and circuit boards. In 1986, the company released memory upgrades for Apple Macintosh Computers, its first product. , FirePower Systems, Groupe Bull Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or simply Bull) is a French computer company based in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, outside Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General Electric, Honeywell Bull, CII Honeywell Bull , Harris, Hitachi, IBM, IPC (1) (InterProcess Communication) The exchange of data between one program and another either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. Technologies, Parsytec, Power Computing, Pioneer, Radius, Tadpole tadpole, larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. , Tatung, Thomson-CSF, Toshiba and YARC YARC You're Absolutely Right, Commander (military slang) . In addition, the Taiwanese New PC Consortium has announced its endorsement of the PowerPC architecture and China's Ministry of Electronics industry has agreed to help promote the use of PowerPC technology and the development of supporting software in China. Technical Specifications -- PowerPC 604 120 MHz and 133 MHz The 133 MHz PowerPC 604 processor has an estimated SPECint92 rating of 200 and an estimated SPECfp92 of 200. The 120 MHz PowerPC 604 microprocessor is capable of an estimated SPECint92 rating of 180 and an estimated SPECfp92 performance rating of 180. Each microprocessor has dual 16Kbyte instruction and data caches, a die size of 12.4 mm x 15.8 mm and an IEEE-754 compliant floating point unit. They each have 3.6 million transistors and were designed using 0.5-micron process technology. Both IBM and Motorola will manufacture the higher-speed versions of the microprocessor with volume production expected in the second half of this year. Specific pricing and availability will be announced separately by IBM and Motorola. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Readers interested in additional PowerPC information call: IBM Microelectronics Division at 1-800-PowerPC; Motorola at 1-800-845-MOTO (6686) or via e-mail at Motorola@selectnet.com. IBM news releases are available on the Internet via the IBM Home Page available through web browsers at http://www.ibm.com. Motorola's Home Page is available through web browsers at http://www.mot.com/powerpc/. (tm) indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. SPECint92 and SPECfp92 are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return council, a non-profit organization whose mission is to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant application-oriented benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance microprocessors. CONTACT: IBM Jim Smith, 914/892-5389 or Motorola Dean Mosley, 512/891-2839 or Apple Computer, Inc. Laurence Clavere, 408/974-8643 or Thomas Associates, Inc. Russell Castronovo, 415/325-6236 or Cunningham Communication Julie Meyer, 617/494-8202 |
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