Diving deep into PowerPC

PowerPC stands for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC—Performance Computing and is sometimes spelled as PPC. It was created in the early 1990s by the alliance of Apple, IBM, and Motorola (commonly abbreviated as AIM). It was originally intended to be used in PCs and powered Apple products, including PowerBooks and iMacs, up until 2006. The CPUs that implement it can also be found in game consoles such as Sony PlayStation 3, XBOX 360, and Wii, as well as in IBM servers and multiple embedded devices, such as car and plane controllers, and even in the famous ASIMO robot. Later, the administrative responsibilities were transferred to an open standards body, Power.org, where some of the former creators remained members, such as IBM and Freescale. The latter was separated from Motorola and later acquired by NXP Semiconductors. The OpenPOWER Foundation is a newer initiative by IBM, Google, NVIDIA, Mellanox, and Tyan that aims to facilitate collaboration...