Apple G3
Realizes: personal computing in late 1990s
PowerPC 750 (G3) microprocessor powering early iMacs, PowerBooks, and consumer desktops with a CMOS RISC core, backside cache, and enhanced multimedia units in the late 1990s Apple lineup.
Examples
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Power Mac G3 (Blue & White) / iBook G3
Deployment of the PowerPC 750 (G3) in Power Mac G3 Blue & White desktops and early iBook G3 portables, illustrating the CPU serving late-1990s personal computing.
SPECint95 and SPECfp95 benchmark measurements capturing classic integer and floating-point workloads on the 233 MHz PowerPC 750 core with AltiVec extensions.
hundreds of MHz
single desktop-class CPU
moderate energy per operation