Artifact Details

Title

Evolution of PowerPC architecture

Catalog Number

102706232

Type

Moving image

Description

From university Video Communications' catalog:

"This talk traces the evolution of RISC architecture from IBM's original 801 minicomputer, through the RS/6000, to the new PowerPC architecture developed jointly by IBM, Apple, and Motorola. Specifically, the talk describes the motivation behind the features of the PowerPC architecture including addressing, computational instructions, and system issues, and describes why changes were made from the earlier versions of IBM's RISC architectures."

Date

1992-10

Credits

Oehler, Richard

Publisher

University Video Communications

Duration

01:14:00

Format

Betacam SP

Category

Lecture

Series Title

University Video Communications: Distinguished Lectures

Credit

Gift of University Video Communications

Lot Number

X6636.2013