NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently made history landing on the surface of Mars, is powered by the same processor used in an iMac more than 23 years old. Image Credit: NASA As reported by ...

When NASA's Perseverance guided itself to the surface of Mars on February 18th, it did so with the help of the same processor that powered the 1998 iMac G3. You know, the colorful and bulbous ...

The previous installment in this series took us from the rise of the PowerPC line into the line’s heyday as a leader in the RISC workstation market. During the reign of the PowerPC 600 series, Apple ...

When it comes to sending rovers into space, every single piece of hardware is mission-critical and needs to meet stringent specifications. You can't exactly have the Geek Squad swing by Mars to ...

How far do you think a 90s-era Mac can go? Actually, it can go to Mars. NASA’s rover Perseverance, which reached the Red Planet on February 18, is powered by the PowerPC 750 processor, the same chip ...

As we watched NASA put a rover on Mars last month, it definitely seemed like the agency had to be using some sort of high-tech processor in its machine. Surely the rover is built on something much ...

PowerLogix on Monday announced new 1GHz CPU upgrades for PowerBook G3 “Pismo,” Power Mac G3, and first-generation Power Mac G4 models. The new upgrades are based on the PowerPC 750 GX CPU — a ...