That's because history. 680x0 was dead, so PowerPC was intended to replace sometime in the mid 90s after Commodore became German (Escom/Amiga Technology). Dave

That's because history. 680x0 was dead, so PowerPC was intended to replace sometime in the mid 90s after Commodore became German (Escom/Amiga Technology). Dave Haynie and a couple of others were asked to help design a new platform around Power as Amiga was dated. Escom had money issues almost immediately (of course) so it never happened and Escom went bust within a year. Commodore UK's bid was planning HP RISC.