title: Ppc64
text: # Ppc64
  
  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.
  
  ## Details
  
  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, 970FX, 970MP and 970GX
  * POWER5 and POWER5+
  * PPE in Cell BE, PowerXCell 8i and Xenon.
  * PWRficient
  * POWER6 and POWER6+
  * POWER7 and POWER7+
  * A2, A2I (used in the Blue Gene/Q) and A2O
  * PowerPC e5500 core based
  * PowerPC e6500 core based
  * POWER8 – P8-6c Murano, P8-12c Turismo and Venice, P8E (with NVLink) and CP1
  * POWER9 – P9C Cumulus, P9N Nimbus and P9 AIO Axone
  * Power10
  * Microwatt, open source soft core
  * Chiselwatt, open source soft core
  
  Defunct 64-bit PowerPC processors are the Motorola G5 and PowerPC e700.
  
  