Sun to implement the 64-bit SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA). Marc Tremblay was a co-microarchitect. The UltraSPARC is a four-issue superscalar...
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The UltraSPARC II, code-named "Blackbird", is a microprocessor implementation of the SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems...
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The UltraSPARC III, code-named "Cheetah", is a microprocessor that implements the SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems...
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Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a multithreading, multi-core CPU. It is a member of the SPARC family, and the successor to the UltraSPARC T1. The...
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64-bit architecture and was first released in Sun's UltraSPARC processors in 1995. Later, SPARC processors were used in symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)...
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Sun Fire (category SPARC microprocessor products)
branding coincided with the introduction of the UltraSPARC III processor, superseding the UltraSPARC II-based Sun Enterprise series. In 2003, Sun broadened...
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Sun Enterprise (redirect from Ultra Enterprise)
launched as the Sun Ultra Enterprise series; the Ultra prefix was dropped around 1998. These systems are based on the 64-bit UltraSPARC microprocessor architecture...
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Ultra brand was later revived with the launch of the Ultra 20 and Ultra 40, albeit to some confusion, since they were no longer based on UltraSPARC processors...
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The Ultra 30 (code-named Quark) is a family of Sun Microsystems workstations based on the UltraSPARC II microprocessor. It was the first Sun workstation...
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topology. The PARAM 9000/SS was the SuperSPARC II processor variant, the PARAM 9000/US used the UltraSPARC processor, and the PARAM 9000/AA used the...
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been in use as early as 1996 by the MIPS R10000, HP PA-8000, and Sun UltraSPARC II processors, the interface did not gain mainstream use until Intel introduced...
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4450) 64-bit UltraSPARC II CPUs and up to 4 GB of RAM. When released, the Ultra 80 was Sun's highest performance workstation. The Ultra 80 is similar...
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design of various microprocessors at Sun, including the UltraSPARC, UltraSPARC II, MAJC, UltraSPARC T1, and the cancelled Rock processor. In the process...
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Expander Bladerunner — nVidia GeForce 2 Ultra Bladerunner — Sun GUI for Jumpstart profiles Blaze — Sun UltraSPARC II Blaze — Adobe Flash CS3 Blue — Windows...
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Sun-4 (category SPARC microprocessor products)
for UltraSPARC) - this variant introduced the 64-bit SPARC V9 processor architecture and UPA processor interconnect first used in the Sun Ultra series...
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SPARCstation 5 (redirect from SparcStation 5)
entry in the SPARCstation family before it was replaced by the Ultra family of UltraSPARC-powered workstations in November 1995. The SPARCstation 4 has...
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SuperSPARC CPU modules are used in both the SPARCstation 10 and SPARCstation 20. The SuperSPARC-II was replaced in 1995 by the 64-bit UltraSPARC, an implementation...
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Processor available HW counters UltraSparc II 2 Pentium III 2 ARM11 2 AMD Athlon 4 IA-64 4 ARM Cortex-A5 2 ARM Cortex-A8 4 ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore 6 POWER4...
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AMD Duron/Athlon XP clock × 2.00 11.1 AMD Sempron clock × 2.00 11.1 UltraSparc II clock × 2.00 11.1 Intel Pentium MMX clock × 2.00 11.1 Intel Pentium...
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http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch02s01.html.en http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html OpenSolaris Guide to Ultra 60 OS support: https://arstechnica...
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HAL SPARC64 (redirect from SPARC64 II)
multiprocessing. The main competitors were the HP PA-8500, IBM POWER3 and Sun UltraSPARC II. The SPARC64 GP was taped out in July 1997. It was announced on 11 April...
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Oracle Solaris is a proprietary Unix operating system offered by Oracle for SPARC and x86-64 based workstations and servers. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems...
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Tadpole Computer (category SPARC microprocessor products)
64, Multiprocessor Sparc Notebooks - ExtremeTech". www.extremetech.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20. "Tadpole Launches Sleek UltraSPARC® Technology Powered...
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LEON UltraSPARC (64-bit): Sun Ultra series Sun Blade Sun Fire SPARC Enterprise systems, also the based on the UltraSPARC T1, UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T3...
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Rock (processor) (category SPARC microprocessors)
Jonathan I. Schwartz blogged an image of a BGA-packaged Rock chip, labeled UltraSPARC RK, and disclosed that it could address 256 terabytes of virtual memory...
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SPARCstation (redirect from SPARC-station)
SPARCstation, SPARCserver and SPARCcenter product lines are a series of SPARC-based computer workstations and servers in desktop, desk side (pedestal)...
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2003 Sun Microsystems HPC 4500 12 x UltraSPARC II 400 MHz processors 1999 Sun Enterprise 3500 4 x 400 MHz UltraSPARC II interconnected using an Ethernet...
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TurboSPARC was mostly succeeded in the low-end SPARC market by the UltraSPARC IIi in late 1997, but remained available. Users of the TurboSPARC were Force...
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Finally Ships HyperSPARC". (15 November 1993). Microprocessor Report, vol. 7, no. 15. "Enhanced HyperSparc Challenges UltraSparc". (4 December 1995)...
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History of computing hardware (1960s–present) (redirect from History of computing II)
and many software packages were written for it, such as WordStar and dBase II. Many hobbyists during the mid-1970s designed their own systems, with various...
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