ppc64le is a pure
little-endian mode that has been introduced with the
POWER8 as the prime target for technologies provided by the
OpenPOWER Foundation, aiming at enabling porting of the
x86 Linux-based software with minimal effort.[2]
Details
These two identifiers are frequently used when compiling
source code to identify the target architecture.[3]
64-bit Power and PowerPC processors are the following: