page_title: Ppc64
hierarchical_section_title: Ppc64
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Microprocesseur PPC-970FX
context_page_description: ppc64 is an identifier commonly used within the Linux, GNU Compiler Collection and LLVM open-source software communities to refer to the target architecture for applications optimized for 64-bit big-endian PowerPC and Power ISA processors.
  ppc64le is a pure little-endian mode that has been introduced with the POWER8 as the prime target for technologies provided by the OpenPOWER Foundation, aiming at enabling porting of the x86 Linux-based software with minimal effort.
  These two identifiers are frequently used when compiling source code to identify the target architecture.
  64-bit Power and PowerPC processors are the following:
  PowerPC 620
  RS64 Apache, RS64-II Northstar, RS64-III Pulsar/IStar, and RS64-IV SStar
  POWER3 and POWER3-II
  POWER4 and POWER4+
  PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, PowerPC 970MP and PowerPC 970GX
  POWER5 and POWER5+
  PPE in Cell BE, PowerXCell 8i and Xenon.
  PWRficient
  POWER6 and POWER6+
  POWER7 and POWER7+
  A2 used in the Blue Gene/Q compute chip
  PowerPC e5500
  PowerPC e6500
  POWER8 and CP1
  POWER9
  POWER10
  Defunct 64-bit PowerPC processors are the Motorola G5 and PowerPC e700.
context_section_description: ppc64 is an identifier commonly used within the Linux, GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and LLVM open-source software communities to refer to the target architecture for applications optimized for 64-bit big-endian PowerPC and Power ISA processors.
  ppc64le is a pure little-endian mode that has been introduced with the POWER8 as the prime target for technologies provided by the OpenPOWER Foundation, aiming at enabling porting of the x86 Linux-based software with minimal effort.
  These two identifiers are frequently used when compiling source code to identify the target architecture.
  64-bit Power and PowerPC processors are the following:
  PowerPC 620
  RS64 Apache, RS64-II Northstar, RS64-III Pulsar/IStar, and RS64-IV SStar
  POWER3 and POWER3-II
  POWER4 and POWER4+
  PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, PowerPC 970MP and PowerPC 970GX
  POWER5 and POWER5+
  PPE in Cell BE, PowerXCell 8i and Xenon.
  PWRficient
  POWER6 and POWER6+
  POWER7 and POWER7+
  A2 used in the Blue Gene/Q compute chip
  PowerPC e5500
  PowerPC e6500
  POWER8 and CP1
  POWER9
  POWER10
  Defunct 64-bit PowerPC processors are the Motorola G5 and PowerPC e700.
caption: The PowerPC 970 was released in 2003 and was one of the first 64-bit processors developed for consumer-type computers, PowerMac G5 in this case.
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