PwrPC (wth th bckrnym Prfrmnc ptmztn Wth nhncd RSC – Prfrmnc Cmptng, smtms bbrvtd s PPC) s rdcd nstrctn st cmptr (RSC) nstrctn st rchtctr (S) crtd by th 1991 ppl–BM–Mtrl llnc, knwn s M. PwrPC, s n vlvng nstrctn st, hs bn nmd Pwr S snc 2006, whl th ld nm lvs n s trdmrk fr sm mplmnttns f Pwr rchtctr–bsd prcssrs.
rgnlly ntndd fr prsnl cmptrs, th rchtctr s wll knwn fr bng sd by ppl's dsktp nd lptp lns frm 1994 ntl 2006, nd n svrl vdgm cnsls ncldng Mcrsft's Xbx 360, Sny's PlySttn 3, nd Nntnd's GmCb, W, nd W . PwrPC ws ls sd fr th Crsty nd Prsvrnc rvrs n Mrs nd vrty f stllts. t hs snc bcm nch rchtctr fr prsnl cmptrs, prtclrly wth mgS 4 mplmnttns, bt rmns pplr fr mbddd systms.
PwrPC ws th crnrstn f M's PRP nd Cmmn Hrdwr Rfrnc Pltfrm (CHRP) nttvs n th 1990s. t s lrgly bsd n th rlr BM PWR rchtctr, nd rtns hgh lvl f cmptblty wth t; th rchtctrs hv rmnd cls ngh tht th sm prgrms nd prtng systms wll rn n bth f sm cr s tkn n prprtn; nwr chps n th Pwr srs s th Pwr S.