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copied!<p>PowerPC is a RISC architecture created jointly by Apple, IBM, and Freescale (formerly Motorola). The PowerPC standard is now handled by <a href="https://www.power.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Power.org</a>. It includes both 32 and 64 bit versions of the processor. </p> <p><strong>Helpful Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://alanclements.org/power%20pc.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Overview of the register set</a> and some history of the ISA</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia Article</a></li> <li>Quick reference <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.aix.aixassem/doc/alangref/ppc_instr.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">table of instructions</a></li> <li>Apple's <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/Assembler/050-PowerPC_Addressing_Modes_and_Assembler_Instructions/ppc_instructions.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PowerPC Addressing Modes and Assembler Instructions</a>, including details on condition-codes and branches, and that you can compare into CR0..CR7 and use any of them for most branches. Otherwise mostly just the mnemonic and allowed operands, and a one-line description (but there are a LOT of mnemonics so it's nice to have a compact list).</li> <li>Download the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-archguide-v2.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">full manual as pdf</a></li> <li>A <a href="http://titancity.com/articles/ppc.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">helpful table</a> for understanding the relationships between so many inconsistently named ppc processors.</li> </ul> <p><strong>See Also:</strong> <a href="/questions/tagged/cpu" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'cpu'" rel="tag">cpu</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/aix" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'aix'" rel="tag">aix</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/osx" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'osx'" rel="tag">osx</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/ibm" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'ibm'" rel="tag">ibm</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/apple" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'apple'" rel="tag">apple</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/freescale" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'freescale'" rel="tag">freescale</a></p>

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