White Paper July | Apple PowerPC G5 instruction

PowerPC G5

The World’s First 64-Bit Desktop Processor

White Paper

July 2003

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Apple PowerPC G5 manual White Paper July

Contents

White Paper July PowerPC G5 Contents Introduction Key Features Memory Addressing up to 18 Exabytes An Exponential Leap in Computing Power Clock Speeds up to 2GHz High-Precision Calculations in a Single Clock CycleIndustry-Leading 1GHz Frontside Bus Full Support for Symmetric Multiprocessing Native Compatibility with 32-Bit Application Code Ultrafast Access to Data and Instructions Next-Generation PowerPC Architecture Aggressive Queuing and Register Renaming Highly Parallel Execution Core Two Double-Precision Floating-Point Units Optimized 128-Bit Velocity EngineTwo Integer Units Two Load/Store Units Three-Component Branch Prediction Logic Condition RegisterState-of-the-Art Process Technology from IBM Spec CPU2000 Industry-Leading Performance Spec CPU2000 Single-Processor Speed Spec CPU2000 Dual Processor System Throughput Bit PowerPC processor architecture Technical SpecificationsFrontside bus Wide execution core Comparison of PowerPC G4 and PowerPC G5 Physical specificationsFor More Information Three-component branch prediction logic