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PowerPC G4 Microprocessor

The processor in the Power Mac G4 computer is a PowerPC G4 microprocessor running at a clock frequency of 350, 400, or 450 MHz.

The PowerPC G4 microprocessor uses a new pipelined system bus that is more efficient than the system bus on the PowerPC G3 microprocessors. The new bus design, called MaxBus, allows for much greater efficiency of bus utilization than was possible with the previous design.

Features of the PowerPC G4 include:

For technical details, see the PowerPC web pages at

http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/index.html


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