PowerPC 601

A 64 bit RISC processor with 2.8 million transistors (~1.2 million in the core logic) and a 32 kilobyte on-chip cache. Die size 118.8 mm2. Heat dissipation at 66MHz: 9W. Performance at 66MHz: integer >60 SPECint92, floating-point >80 SPECfp92. Estimated manufacturing cost: $76. Maximum instructions per cycle: 3. 32 32 bit general-purpose registers. 32 64 bit floating-point registers. Successors: PowerPC 603,604,620.

(08 Nov 1994)