IBM Gekko
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IBM Gekko is a custom PowerPC-based microprocessor developed by IBM for use as the main CPU in Nintendo’s GameCube console.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBM Gekko canonical | 1 |
| IBM Gekko CPU | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9026708 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM Gekko Context triple: [Dolphin, associatedWithCPU, IBM Gekko]
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A.
Adobe Sensei
Adobe Sensei is Adobe’s artificial intelligence and machine learning platform that powers intelligent features and automation across its creative, document, and experience cloud products.
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B.
IBMP
IBMP is the acronym commonly used to refer to India’s strategic ballistic missile development program encompassing a range of indigenous missile systems.
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C.
IBM Pavilion
The IBM Pavilion was a futuristic exhibition space at the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair that showcased IBM’s vision of computing and information technology to the public.
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D.
IBM Pavilion
The IBM Pavilion was a major corporate exhibition space at Expo '85 in Tsukuba, Japan, showcasing IBM's cutting-edge computer and information technologies to the public.
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E.
IBM AT
The IBM AT (Advanced Technology) is a mid-1980s IBM personal computer that introduced the 80286 processor and became a widely adopted standard for business PCs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM Gekko Target entity description: IBM Gekko is a custom PowerPC-based microprocessor developed by IBM for use as the main CPU in Nintendo’s GameCube console.
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A.
Adobe Sensei
Adobe Sensei is Adobe’s artificial intelligence and machine learning platform that powers intelligent features and automation across its creative, document, and experience cloud products.
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B.
IBMP
IBMP is the acronym commonly used to refer to India’s strategic ballistic missile development program encompassing a range of indigenous missile systems.
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C.
IBM Pavilion
The IBM Pavilion was a futuristic exhibition space at the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair that showcased IBM’s vision of computing and information technology to the public.
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D.
IBM Pavilion
The IBM Pavilion was a major corporate exhibition space at Expo '85 in Tsukuba, Japan, showcasing IBM's cutting-edge computer and information technologies to the public.
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E.
IBM AT
The IBM AT (Advanced Technology) is a mid-1980s IBM personal computer that introduced the 80286 processor and became a widely adopted standard for business PCs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PowerPC-based microprocessor
ⓘ
microprocessor ⓘ |
| applicationDomain | home video game consoles ⓘ |
| architecture | PowerPC ⓘ |
| basedOn |
PowerPC 750CXe
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerPC G3
|
| busSpeed | 162 MHz ⓘ |
| clockSpeed | 485 MHz ⓘ |
| codename | Gekko ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | PowerPC software (with restrictions) ⓘ |
| countryOfDeveloper |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor | Nintendo GameCube ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| developerDivision |
IBM Microelectronics
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM
|
| family |
PowerPC 7xx family
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerPC 74xx
|
| floatingPointUnit | enhanced floating-point unit ⓘ |
| generation | sixth-generation console CPU ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
custom graphics-oriented instructions
ⓘ
enhanced floating-point performance for games ⓘ |
| instructionSet |
PowerPC ISA
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerPC
|
| L1CacheSize |
32 KB data cache
ⓘ
32 KB instruction cache ⓘ |
| L2CacheSize | 256 KB ⓘ |
| mainCPUOf | Nintendo GameCube ⓘ |
| manufacturer | IBM ⓘ |
| marketAvailability | embedded in Nintendo GameCube only ⓘ |
| packageType | flip-chip BGA ⓘ |
| processTechnology | 180 nm ⓘ |
| releaseContext | launched with Nintendo GameCube in 2001 ⓘ |
| SIMDExtensions | custom SIMD instructions for graphics and media ⓘ |
| supports |
3D graphics-related instructions
ⓘ
floating-point operations ⓘ integer operations ⓘ |
| systemBusWidth | 64-bit ⓘ |
| targetApplication | video game console ⓘ |
| transistorCount | approximately 21 million ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nintendo ⓘ |
| usedIn | Nintendo GameCube ⓘ |
| usedWith |
ATI Flipper GPU
ⓘ
linked to:
ATI Flipper
|
| voltage | 1.8 V core voltage (approximate) ⓘ |
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IBM Gekko Description of subject: IBM Gekko is a custom PowerPC-based microprocessor developed by IBM for use as the main CPU in Nintendo’s GameCube console.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IBM Gekko