UTM is an emulator for virtualizing other operating systems. Here's how to use it to run Apple's Mac OS 9 on a Mac running on ...

When it comes to modern operating systems for PowerPC-based systems like pre-Intel ... So what do you do if you have a PPC-based Mac system lying around which you do not simply want to run the ...

这台设备的硬件配置极为有限，仅搭载了 1.5GHz 的 PowerPC G4 处理器和 1GB 内存，但他通过优化和开源项目实现了这一突破。 PowerBook G4 的硬件配置远低于现代 AI 模型的要求，但 Rossignol 通过移植开源项目 llama2.c ，并利用 PowerPC 的 AltiVec 向量扩展技术，成功加速了模型的推理性能。

在本周的一篇博客文章中，软件工程师 Andrew Rossignol 详细介绍了他如何在旧的 PowerBook G4 上运行生成式人工智能。虽然大型语言模型 (LLM) 的硬件要求通常很高，但这款 2005 年的 PowerBook G4 ...

Back in 2020, we reported on the effort to create a brand new open-source laptop platform using the PowerPC architecture. At the time they had big plans and a PCB design, and we’re very pleased ...

In a blog post this week, software engineer Andrew Rossignol (my brother!) detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an ...

Powering the iBook G3 was standard Mac fare for the time, a PowerPC 750 CPU running at 300 Mhz, various hard drive options, and a pretty high-res -- for the time -- 1024x768 screen. The G3 ...

Work is also progressing on supporting older Apple PowerPC Macintosh systems. MAME 0.274 requires the SDL2 library to work, which implements cross-platform graphics and sound. The full change log ...

In a new article by NewScientist, we are treated to one of the more mind-boggling factoids about the rover: It’s powered by the same kind of chip that Apple used in iMacs from the PowerPC era.