<s>
Microprocessors	B-Architecture
belonging	O
to	O
the	O
PowerPC/Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
architecture	O
family	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
numerous	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
Computer	O
was	O
the	O
dominant	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
of	O
personal	O
computers	O
based	O
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
until	O
2006	O
when	O
it	O
switched	O
to	O
Intel-based	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
used	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Mac	I-Device
,	O
iMac	B-Device
,	O
eMac	B-Device
,	O
PowerBook	B-Device
,	O
iBook	B-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Device
mini	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xserve	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classic	O
Macintosh	O
accelerator	O
boards	O
using	O
PowerPCs	B-Architecture
were	O
made	O
by	O
DayStar	O
Digital	O
,	O
Newer	B-Device
Technology	I-Device
,	O
Sonnet	O
Technologies	O
,	O
and	O
TotalImpact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
attempts	O
to	O
create	O
PowerPC	B-Device
reference	I-Device
platforms	I-Device
for	O
computers	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
others	O
:	O
The	O
IBM	O
PReP	B-Device
(	O
PowerPC	B-Device
Reference	I-Device
Platform	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
standard	O
intended	O
to	O
ensure	O
compatibility	O
among	O
PowerPC-based	O
systems	O
built	O
by	O
different	O
companies	O
;	O
IBM	O
POP	O
(	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
Open	O
Platform	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
free	O
standard	O
and	O
design	O
of	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
motherboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pegasos	B-Device
Open	B-Device
Desktop	I-Device
Workstation	I-Device
(	O
ODW	B-Device
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
free	O
standard	O
and	O
design	O
of	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
motherboards	O
based	O
on	O
Marvell	O
Discovery	O
II	O
(	O
MV64361	O
)	O
chipset	O
;	O
PReP	B-Device
standard	O
specifies	O
the	O
PCI	O
bus	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
also	O
support	O
ISA	O
,	O
MicroChannel	O
,	O
and	O
PCMCIA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PReP-compliant	O
systems	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
OS/2	O
,	O
AIX	O
,	O
Solaris	O
,	O
Taligent	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
NT	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
CHRP	B-Device
(	O
Common	B-Device
Hardware	I-Device
Reference	I-Device
Platform	I-Device
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
platform	O
agreed	O
on	O
by	O
Apple	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
Motorola	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
CHRP	B-Device
systems	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
Mac	O
OS	O
,	O
OS/2	O
-PPC	O
,	O
Windows	O
NT	O
,	O
AIX	O
,	O
Solaris	O
,	O
Novell	O
Netware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CHRP	B-Device
is	O
a	O
superset	O
of	O
PReP	B-Device
and	O
the	O
PowerMac	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power.org	O
has	O
defined	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Architecture	I-Device
Platform	I-Device
Reference	I-Device
(	O
PAPR	O
)	O
that	O
provides	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
development	O
of	O
computers	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
List	O
of	O
computers	O
based	O
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
:	O
</s>
<s>
Pegasos	B-Device
Open	B-Device
Desktop	I-Device
Workstation	I-Device
(	O
ODW	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xserve	B-Device
Rack	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
Server	O
Workstation	O
(	O
OSW	O
)	O
with	O
dual	O
IBM	B-Architecture
PowerPC	I-Architecture
970MP	B-General_Concept
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
High	O
density	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
(	O
rack	O
server	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blue	B-Operating_System
Gene/L	I-Operating_System
and	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Gene/P	I-Operating_System
Supercomputer	O
,	O
keeping	O
the	O
top	O
spots	O
of	O
supercomputers	O
since	O
2004	O
,	O
also	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
systems	O
to	O
performa	O
faster	O
than	O
one	O
Petaflops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Device
p	I-Device
with	O
POWER5	B-Device
processors	O
are	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
many	O
supercomputers	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
made	O
to	O
scale	O
well	O
and	O
have	O
powerful	O
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
supercomputers	O
of	O
Spanish	O
Supercomputing	O
Network	O
,	O
built	O
using	O
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
970	I-General_Concept
based	O
blade	B-Architecture
servers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magerit	B-Architecture
and	O
Marenostrum	B-Device
are	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
supercomputers	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roadrunner	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
new	O
Cell/Opteron	O
based	O
supercomputer	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
operational	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
pushing	O
the	O
1	O
PetaFLOPS	O
mark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Summit	B-Device
and	O
Sierra	B-Device
,	O
currently	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
and	O
second	O
fastest	O
supercomputers	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Device
X	I-Device
of	O
Virginia	O
Tech	O
is	O
a	O
supercomputer	O
based	O
on	O
1100	O
Xserves	B-Device
(	O
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
970	I-General_Concept
)	O
running	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
built	O
using	O
stock	O
PowerMac	B-Device
G5s	I-Device
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
cheapest	O
and	O
most	O
powerful	O
supercomputer	O
in	O
its	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XT3	B-Device
,	O
XT4	B-Device
and	O
XT5	B-Device
supercomputers	O
have	O
Opteron	B-General_Concept
CPUs	O
but	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
440	O
based	O
SeaStar	O
communications	O
processors	O
connecting	O
the	O
CPUs	O
to	O
a	O
very	O
high	O
bandwidth	O
communications	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
base	O
of	O
Cell	O
based	O
supercomputer	O
grids	O
running	O
Yellow	B-General_Concept
Dog	I-General_Concept
Linux	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
released	O
a	O
Personal	B-Application
Digital	I-Application
Assistant	I-Application
(	O
PDA	B-Application
)	O
reference	O
platform	O
(	O
"	O
Arctic	O
"	O
)	O
based	O
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
405LP	O
(	O
Low	O
Power	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
is	O
discontinued	O
after	O
IBM	O
sold	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
4XX	O
design	O
to	O
AMCC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
major	O
seventh-generation	O
game	O
consoles	O
contain	O
PowerPC-based	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
's	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
console	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
contains	O
a	O
Cell	O
processor	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
3.2GHz	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
control	O
processor	O
and	O
eight	O
closely	O
threaded	O
DSP-like	O
accelerator	O
processors	O
,	O
seven	O
active	O
and	O
one	O
spare	O
;	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
console	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
includes	O
a	O
3.2GHz	O
custom	O
IBM	B-Architecture
PowerPC	I-Architecture
chip	O
with	O
three	O
symmetrical	O
cores	O
,	O
each	O
core	O
SMP-capable	O
at	O
two	O
threads	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
console	I-Operating_System
,	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
contains	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
architecture	O
found	O
in	O
their	O
previous	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreambox	B-Operating_System
Set	O
Top	O
Box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TiVo	B-Application
(	O
Series1	O
)	O
personal	O
TV/video	O
digital	O
recorder	O
(	O
VDR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RAD750	B-Device
(	O
234A510	O
,	O
234A511	O
,	O
244A325	O
)	O
radiation-hardened	O
processors	O
,	O
used	O
in	O
several	O
spacecraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maxwell	O
radiation	O
hardened	O
Single-board	B-Device
computer	I-Device
(	O
SBC	O
)	O
for	O
space	O
and	O
military	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
U.S.	O
Navy	O
submarine	O
sonar	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
