Editing PowerPC (section)

=== Generations ===
Many PowerPC designs are named and labeled by their apparent technology generation. That began with the "G3", which was an internal project name inside [[AIM alliance|AIM]] for the development of what would become the [[PowerPC 7xx|PowerPC 750 family]].<ref>{{cite journal
 |url          = https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/584742
 |title        = A G3 PowerPC superscalar low-power microprocessor
 |doi          = 10.1109/CMPCON.1997.584742
 |publisher    = IEEE
 |journal      = Proceedings IEEE COMPCON 97. Digest of Papers
 |date         = 23 February 1997
 |author1      = A. R. Kennedy
 |author2      = M. Alexander
 |author3      = E. Fiene
 |author4      = J. Lyon
 |author5      = B. Kuttanna
 |author6      = R. Patel
 |author7      = M. Pham
 |author8      = M. Putrino
 |author9      = C. Croxton
 |author10     = S. Litch
 |author11     = B. Burgess
 |pages        = 315–324
 |s2cid        = 24733198
 |url-access   = subscription
 |access-date  = September 1, 2021
 |archive-date = September 1, 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210901203418/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/584742
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> Apple popularized the term "G3" when they introduced [[Power Macintosh G3 beige|Power Mac G3]] and [[PowerBook G3]] at an event at 10 November 1997. Motorola and Apple liked the moniker and used the term "G4" for the 7400 family introduced in 1998<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~moshovos/ACA07/lecturenotes/ppcg4%2520(mpr).pdf |title=G4 Is First PowerPC with AltiVec - Due Mid-1999, Motorola's Next Chip Aims at Macintosh, Networking |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423044536/http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~moshovos/ACA07/lecturenotes/ppcg4%2520(mpr).pdf |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |url-status=live |first=Linley |last=Gwennap |date=16 November 1998 |journal=[[Microprocessor Report]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/white-paper/G4WP.pdf |title=PowerPC G4 Architecture White Paper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222351/http://www.nxp.com/files/product/doc/G4WP.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |url-status=live |website=[[NXP Semiconductors]] |first = Susan | last = Seale | date = 2001}}</ref> and the [[Power Mac G4]] in 1999.

At the time the G4 was launched, Motorola categorized all their PowerPC models (former, current and future) according to what generation they adhered to, even renaming the older 603e core "G2". Motorola had a [[Motorola G5 project|G5 project]] that never came to fruition, and Apple later used the name when the [[PowerPC 970|970 family]] launched in 2003, though it was designed and built by IBM.

;PowerPC generations according to Motorola, c. 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/fact-sheet/PPCCPUINTFACT.pdf |title=Fact Sheet - Motorola PowerPC Processor | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419012406/http://www.nxp.com/files/32bit/doc/fact_sheet/PPCCPUINTFACT.pdf |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |website=[[NXP Semiconductors]]}}</ref>
:G1: The [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 601|601]], [[MPC5xx|500]] and [[PowerQUICC#PowerQUICC I|800]] family processors
:G2: The [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 602|602]], [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 603|603]], [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 604|604]], [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 620|620]], [[PowerQUICC#PowerQUICC II|8200]] and [[PowerPC 5000|5000]] families
:G3: The [[PowerPC 7xx|750]] and [[PowerQUICC#PowerQUICC II Pro|8300]] families
:G4: The [[PowerPC G4|7400]] and 8400* families
:G5: The [[Motorola G5 project|7500]]* and [[PowerQUICC#PowerQUICC III|8500]] families (Motorola abandoned the G5 name after Apple applied it to the 970)
:G6: The [[PowerPC e700|7600]]*
:''(*) These designs didn't become real products.''