IBM's scalable PowerPC architecture provides a common programming platform for the network. It's what makes IBM PowerPC microprocessors and embedded processors ideally suited for high-end workstations, data storage and servers... wired hubs, routers, and switches... as well as hand-held communications devices and other pervasive computing applications.The PowerPC 604e microprocessor is a 32-bit implementation of the PowerPC family of Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) microprocessors. The PowerPC 604e microprocessor is targeted at the workstation, PC server and power user desktop segments.