if you were to take code written for a gamecube you could essentially run it on a
powerpc.so meaning if you code pac-man for the power pc,it can run on the as well. gamecube sytem
alittle gamecube infor.
for ngc emu aurthors!
the gamecube team chose to build off the existing powerpc design to leverage the available tool chain, such as compilers and optimizers. IBM claims this has given developers a jump on creating new games. "developers have been making software for the gamecube a long time before people knew we were doing the silicon," said ibm's west. "
Unlike sony's playstation 2 emotion engine, the gekko mpu was not built from the ground up. it's a derivative of the powerpc 750 risc processor and includes some 50 new instructions. based on 0.18-micron copper wire process technology, the device runs at 405 MHz and has an external bus to the flipper device with a peak of 1.6 gbytes/s. the chip has a performance rating of 925 DMips (dhrystone 2.1).