Sunnyvale, Calif.—Applied Micro Circuits Corp. announced the newest member of its Power Architecture family, the PowerPC 440EPr processor. The PowerPC 440EPr is aimed at cost sensitive applications, ...

IBM's microelectronics division plans to begin offering one of its PowerPC chips to interested third parties under a new licensing plan. IBM has been edging toward a broad licensing program for ...

Accelerated Technology, a Mentor Graphics division, has announced an enhanced version of the Microtec C and C++ compiler suite for embedded developers using PowerPC microprocessors from Freescale ...

IBM is brewing a new, more formidable PowerPC chip for desktop computers. Big Blue plans to design the new desktop PowerPC chip using technology from its Power4 processor for servers. Though the ...

IBM officially unveiled the company’s new PowerPC processor at the Microprocessor Forum on Monday. While IBM would not confirm that Apple could be a customer for the new chip, analysts continue to see ...

Much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers. Yesterday, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. revealed details of a dual-core ...

Apple Computer's online store sold today what may have been its last single processor PowerPC-based Power Mac. After seeing ship times slip to 7 to 10 business days earlier this week, all mention of ...

IBM on Tuesday sold three of its PowerPC processors as part of a licensing deal with Applied Micro Circuits, a 25-year-old networking and storage chip company. Under the agreement, IBM will transfer ...

IBM Corp. is preparing a 1.8GHz PowerPC processor, its fastest to date, that will run both 64-bit and 32-bit applications, the company announced. The PowerPC 970 processor, due out in the second half ...