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Gekko
General information
IBM Gekko processor
Launched	2000
Discontinued	2007
Designed by	IBM and Nintendo
Common manufacturer	IBM Microelectronics
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	486 MHz
Cache
L1 cache	32/32 KB
L2 cache	256 KB
Architecture and classification
Application	GameCube Triforce Arcade Board
Technology node	180 nm
Microarchitecture	PowerPC G3
Instruction set	PowerPC ISA 1.10
Physical specifications
Cores	1
Products, models, variants
Variant	* PowerPC 750CXe
History
Predecessor	NEC VR4300
Successor	Broadway

180nm IBM Gekko CPU in the Gamecube shaved down to expose the silicon die

POWER, PowerPC, and Power ISA architectures
NXP (formerly Freescale and Motorola)
PowerPC e series (2006) e200 e300 e500 e600 e5500 e6500 Qor series (2008) QorIQ Qorivva
IBM
Power series (1990) POWER1 POWER2 POWER3 POWER4 POWER5 POWER6 POWER7 POWER8 POWER9 Power10 PowerPC series (1992) 6xx 4xx 7xx 74xx 970 A2 (2010) A2I A2O RAD series (1997) RAD6000 RAD750 RAD5500 RS64 series (1996)
IBM/Nintendo
Gekko Broadway Espresso
Other
Titan PWRficient Cell Xenon X704
Related links
OpenPOWER Foundation AIM alliance RISC Blue Gene Power.org PAPR PReP CHRP AltiVec
Cancelled in gray, historic in italic
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Gekko is a superscalar out-of-order 32-bit PowerPC microprocessor custom-made by IBM in 2000 for Nintendo to use as the CPU in their sixth generation game console, the GameCube, and later the Triforce Arcade Board.