The WED3C755E8M multi-chip package incorporates a PowerPC 755 RISC processor and a 1-Mbyte SSRAM L2 cache in a 21 x 25 mm HBGA255 device. It features a 350 MHz processor and 175-MHz cache speed, with ...

IBM is preparing a 1.8-GHz PowerPC processor, its fastest to date, that will run both 64-bit and 32-bit applications, the company announced today. The PowerPC 970 processor, due out in the second half ...

Apple and IBM have a contract for at least 4 generations of the PowerPC processor over the next 5 years, sources tell AppleInsider. The first of these microprocessors is the current PowerPC 970, which ...

Much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers. Yesterday, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. revealed details of a dual-core ...

The BAB 760 VME SBC features a PCI architecture and expansion facilities using PMC modules. The board uses a PowerPC 750 GX with a 1-Mbyte on-chip cache, clocked at 933 MHz. It also features 32 to ...

IBM in November will begin mass production of an embedded PowerPC chip, the PowerPC 405EP, designed for wireless LAN access points and other networking applications including DSL routers and cable ...

The conundrum chip designers perpetually face is achieving greater processing speeds, but at the same time reducing a chip’s power consumption needs. The two goals are at swords points with each other ...

While much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. announced Tuesday at a conference in ...