Apple PowerPC G5 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Contents
Page 3 Introduction
Page 4 The World’s First 64-Bit Desktop Processor
An Exponential Leap in Computing Power
Memory Addressing up to 18 Exabytes
High-Precision Calculations in a Single Clock Cycle
Clock Speeds up to 2GHz
Industry-Leading 1GHz Frontside Bus
Full Support for Symmetric Multiprocessing
Native Compatibility with 32-Bit Application Code
Page 7 Next-Generation PowerPC Architecture
Ultrafast Access to Data and Instructions
Highly Parallel Execution Core
Aggressive Queuing and Register Renaming
Optimized 128-Bit Velocity Engine
Two Double-Precision Floating-Point Units
Two Integer Units
Two Load/Store Units
Condition Register
Three-Component Branch Prediction Logic
State-of-the-Art Process Technology from IBM
Page 11 Industry-Leading Performance
SPEC CPU2000
Page 14 Technical Specifications
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