its Bandai Pippin, designed by Apple Computer (1995) Microsoft, for the Xbox 360 processor, Xenon Nintendo for the GameCube, Wii, and Wii U processors Sony and Toshiba, for the Cell processor (inside the PlayStation 3 and other devices) Desktop computers The Power architecture is currently used in the following desktop computers: Sam440ep, Sam440epFlex, based on an AMCC 440ep SoC, built by ACube Systems Sam460ex, based on an AMCC 460ex SoC, built by ACube Systems Nemo motherboard based around PA6T-1682M found in the AmigaOne X1000 from A-EON Technology Cyrus motherboard based around Freescale Qoriq P5020 found in the AmigaOne X5000 from A-EON Technology Tabor motherboard based around Freescale QorIQ P1022 found in the forthcoming AmigaOne A1222 from A-EON Technology Talos II and Blackbird mainboards/workstations, based around the IBM Power9 Sforza architecture, built by Raptor Computing Systems Embedded applications The Power architecture is currently used in the following embedded applications: National Instruments Smart Cameras for machine vision Mars rover Curiosity - uses RAD750 Mars rover Perseverance - uses RAD750 See also Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) OpenPOWER Foundation List of PowerPC processors Power ISA Power Architecture Power Architecture Platform Reference (PAPR) PowerOpen Environment PowerPC Reference Platform (PReP) RTEMS real-time operating system References Further reading A 640-page PDF manual. An IBM article giving POWER and PowerPC history. External links OpenPOWER Foundation Evolution of PowerPC Architecture, lecture by Michael W. Blasgen and Richard Oehler PPC Overview - an overview of PowerPC processors OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition review by Michal Necasek PowerPC Architecture History Diagram A quite an extensive list of operating systems supporting PowerPC processors Computer-related introductions in 1991