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PowerPC

PowerPC

Description

The PowerPC architecture from Motorola (and IBM).

This is different to IBM's POWER architecture.

Macros

Type	Macro	Description
Identification	`__powerpc` `__powerpc__` `__powerpc64__` `__POWERPC__` `__ppc__` `__ppc64__` `__PPC__` `__PPC64__` `_ARCH_PPC` `_ARCH_PPC64`	Defined by GNU C
Version	`__ppc`V`__`	V = Version
Identification	`_M_PPC`	Defined by Visual Studio
Version	`_M_PPC`	?
Identification	`_ARCH_PPC` `_ARCH_PPC64`	Defined by XL C/C++
Version	`_ARCH_`V	V = Version
Version	`__PPCGECKO__`	Gekko Defined by CodeWarrior
Version	`__PPCBROADWAY__`	Broadway Defined by CodeWarrior
Version	`_XENON`	Xenon
Identification	`__ppc`	Defined by Diab

Examples

CPU	_M_PPC	Macro	XL Macro
PowerPC 440			`_ARCH_440`
PowerPC 450			`_ARCH_450`
PowerPC 601	601	`__ppc601__`	`_ARCH_601`
PowerPC 603	603	`__ppc603__`	`_ARCH_603`
PowerPC 604	604	`__ppc604__`	`_ARCH_604`
PowerPC 620	620

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