10 Facts About PowerPC 604

PowerPC 604 601 was the first generation of microprocessors to support the basic 32-bit PowerPC 604 instruction set.

PowerPC 604 603 was the first processor implementing the complete 32-bit PowerPC 604 Architecture as specified.

The PowerPC 604 603e is still sold today by IBM and Freescale, and others like Atmel and Honeywell who makes the radiation hardened variant RHPPC.

The PowerPC 604 603e was the heart of the BeBox from Be Inc The BeBox is notable since it is a multiprocessing system, something the 603 wasn't designed for.

PowerPC 604 was introduced in December 1994 alongside the 603 and was designed as a high-performance chip for workstations and entry-level servers and as such had support for symmetric multiprocessing in hardware.

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PowerPC 604 is a superscalar processor capable of issuing four instructions simultaneously.

The PowerPC 604 has a six-stage pipeline and six execution units that can work in parallel, finishing up to six instructions every cycle.

PowerPC 604 620 was the first implementation of the entire 64-bit PowerPC 604 architecture.

The sole user of PowerPC 604 620 was Groupe Bull in its Escala UNIX machines, but they didn't deliver any large numbers.

PowerPC 604 602 was a stripped-down version of PowerPC 604 603, specially made for game consoles by Motorola and IBM, introduced in February 1995.