The PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, and PowerPC 970MP are 64-bit PowerPC CPUs from IBM introduced in 2002. Apple branded the 970 as PowerPC G5 for its Power Mac G5.
Artist's rendering of a PowerPC 970 CPU
PowerPC 970FX processor
The first PowerPC 970 was manufactured on a 130 nm process in week 20 of 2003.
The PowerPC 970FX was manufactured on a 90 nm process in week 25 of 2004, with the smaller die.
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide. Also, 64-bit central processing units (CPU) and arithmetic logic units (ALU) are those that are based on processor registers, address buses, or data buses of that size. A computer that uses such a processor is a 64-bit computer.
Hex dump of the section table in a 64-bit Portable Executable File. A 64-bit word can be expressed as a sequence of 16 hexadecimal digits.