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Nonsense. PowerPC in old PowerMac and modern POWER 9 have about as much in common as Pentium Pro and a modern Xeon! PowerPC is a dead platform, POWER9 is not -
by mritun 7y ago
Nonsense. PowerPC in old PowerMac and modern POWER 9 have about as much in common as Pentium Pro and a modern Xeon!
PowerPC is a dead platform, POWER9 is not - but they are not the same!
- classichasclass 7y agoI'm not sure that's an apt comparison. If you were saying that 32-bit PPC is dead, then the answer is probably yes at least in general computing, though there are still lots of 32-bit PowerPC parts in embedded systems. However, 64-bit PowerPC systems have substantially more in common with "big" POWER. The G5, which was clearly positioned as a member of the PowerPC family (PPC970) but descended from the POWER4, would be the classic example.
- nickpsecurity 7y agoPowerPC is dead for the larger market but sticks around in specialty markets. Mainly NXP (formerly Freescale): https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/power-architecture-processors:POWER-ARCHITECTURE https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers... Also, the separation kernels that met NSA's highest standards of security initially targeted that for cross-selling into aerospace market. They buy a good chunk of PPC for some reason. Example that was among first certified with data on what was expected: https://www.ghs.com/products/safety_critical/integrity-do-178b.html https://www.ghs.com/products/safety_critical/integrity-do-17...