Apple Computer, Inc. Developer University

Programmer's Introduction to PowerPC


Goals
Introduction
About this course
The Importance of PowerPC
PowerPC Hardware Architecture
RISC a la PowerPC
PowerPC's major functional units
PowerPC Chips
The PowerPC Instruction Set
Overview
Addressing Modes
PowerPC Instructions
PowerPC Runtime Architecture
PowerPC Runtime Overview
Calling Conventions
Import Libraries
The "Table of Contents"
Mixed Mode
Programming the PowerPC
PowerPC and the Macintosh
Porting Your Source Code
Porting C and C++ to PowerPC
PowerPC and Compatibility Issues
Building Applications
Performance Tuning
Concluding Notes
PowerPC Porting Checklist
Credits
Glossary


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