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150 relations: Aeroflex, Afara Websystems, AMD Am29000, Amdahl Corporation, ARM architecture family, Assembly language, Atmel, Berkeley RISC, Bipolar Integrated Technology, BSD licenses, Call stack, Clock signal, Cobham (company), Computer memory, Computerworld, Conformance testing, Cypress Semiconductor, Delay slot, Double-precision floating-point format, End-user license agreement, Endianness, ERC32, European Space Research and Technology Centre, FeiTeng, Floating-point arithmetic, Floating-point unit, FreeBSD, Fujitsu, Glossary of computer hardware terms, GNU, GNU General Public License, Green500, HAL Computer Systems, HAL SPARC64, Harris Corporation, HyperSPARC, Hyundai Group, IA-64, IBM 801, IBM System/360 architecture, IEEE 754, Illumos, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Instruction set architecture, Intel i960, Intergraph, International Computers Limited, Interrupt, JavaOS, K computer, ... Expand index (100 more) »
- SPARC microprocessor architecture
- Sun microprocessors
Aeroflex
Aeroflex Inc. was an American company which produced test equipment, RF and microwave integrated circuits, components and systems used for wireless communications.
Afara Websystems
Afara Websystems Inc. was a Sunnyvale, California, USA server company whose goal was to build servers surrounding a custom high-throughput CPU architecture, "developing IP traffic management systems that will bring quality-of-service to the next generation of IP access infrastructure." The word "Afara" means "bridge" in the West African Yoruba language.
See SPARC and Afara Websystems
AMD Am29000
The AMD Am29000, commonly shortened to 29k, is a family of 32-bit RISC microprocessors and microcontrollers developed and fabricated by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Amdahl Corporation
Amdahl Corporation was an information technology company which specialized in IBM mainframe-compatible computer products, some of which were regarded as supercomputers competing with those from Cray Research.
See SPARC and Amdahl Corporation
ARM architecture family
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.
See SPARC and ARM architecture family
Assembly language
In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.
See SPARC and Assembly language
Atmel
Atmel Corporation was a creator and manufacturer of semiconductors before being subsumed by Microchip Technology in 2016.
See SPARC and Atmel
Berkeley RISC
Berkeley RISC is one of two seminal research projects into reduced instruction set computer (RISC) based microprocessor design taking place under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency VLSI Project.
Bipolar Integrated Technology
Bipolar Integrated Technology, Inc. (BIT), later Bit, Inc., was a privately held semiconductor company based in Beaverton, Oregon, which sold products implemented with emitter-coupled logic technology.
See SPARC and Bipolar Integrated Technology
BSD licenses
BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software.
Call stack
In computer science, a call stack is a stack data structure that stores information about the active subroutines of a computer program.
Clock signal
In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal (historically also known as logic beat) is an electronic logic signal (voltage or current) which oscillates between a high and a low state at a constant frequency and is used like a metronome to synchronize actions of digital circuits.
Cobham (company)
Cobham Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company based in Bournemouth, England.
See SPARC and Cobham (company)
Computer memory
Computer memory stores information, such as data and programs, for immediate use in the computer.
Computerworld
Computerworld (abbreviated as CW) is an ongoing decades-old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website and as a digital magazine.
Conformance testing
Conformance testing — an element of conformity assessment, and also known as compliance testing, or type testing — is testing or other activities that determine whether a process, product, or service complies with the requirements of a specification, technical standard, contract, or regulation.
See SPARC and Conformance testing
Cypress Semiconductor
Cypress Semiconductor was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company.
See SPARC and Cypress Semiconductor
Delay slot
In computer architecture, a delay slot is an instruction slot being executed without the effects of a preceding instruction.
Double-precision floating-point format
Double-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP64 or float64) is a floating-point number format, usually occupying 64 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point.
See SPARC and Double-precision floating-point format
End-user license agreement
An end-user license agreement or EULA is a legal contract between a software supplier and a customer or end-user.
See SPARC and End-user license agreement
Endianness
''Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift, the novel from which the term was coined In computing, endianness is the order in which bytes within a word of digital data are transmitted over a data communication medium or addressed (by rising addresses) in computer memory, counting only byte significance compared to earliness.
ERC32
ERC32 is a radiation-tolerant 32-bit RISC processor (SPARC V7 specification) developed for space applications.
See SPARC and ERC32
European Space Research and Technology Centre
The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) is the European Space Agency's main technology development and test centre for spacecraft and space technology.
See SPARC and European Space Research and Technology Centre
FeiTeng
FeiTeng (飞腾, fēiténg) is the name of several computer central processing units designed and produced in China for supercomputing applications.
Floating-point arithmetic
In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic that represents subsets of real numbers using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base.
See SPARC and Floating-point arithmetic
Floating-point unit
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.
See SPARC and Floating-point unit
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
Glossary of computer hardware terms
This glossary of computer hardware terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts related to computer hardware, i.e. the physical and structural components of computers, architectural issues, and peripheral devices.
See SPARC and Glossary of computer hardware terms
GNU
GNU is an extensive collection of free software (394 packages), which can be used as an operating system or can be used in parts with other operating systems.
See SPARC and GNU
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.
See SPARC and GNU General Public License
Green500
The Green500 is a biannual ranking of supercomputers, from the TOP500 list of supercomputers, in terms of energy efficiency.
HAL Computer Systems
HAL Computer Systems, Inc was a Campbell, California-based computer manufacturer founded in 1990 by Andrew Heller, a principal designer of the original IBM POWER architecture.
See SPARC and HAL Computer Systems
HAL SPARC64
SPARC64 is a microprocessor developed by HAL Computer Systems and fabricated by Fujitsu.
Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation was an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produced wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, emergency service, and commercial sectors.
See SPARC and Harris Corporation
HyperSPARC
The hyperSPARC, code-named "Pinnacle", is a microprocessor that implements the SPARC Version 8 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Ross Technology for Cypress Semiconductor.
Hyundai Group
Hyundai Group is a South Korean conglomerate founded by Chung Ju-yung.
IA-64
IA-64 (Intel Itanium architecture) is the instruction set architecture (ISA) of the discontinued Itanium family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors. SPARC and iA-64 are 64-bit computers.
See SPARC and IA-64
IBM 801
The 801 was an experimental central processing unit (CPU) design developed by IBM during the 1970s.
IBM System/360 architecture
The IBM System/360 architecture is the model independent architecture for the entire S/360 line of mainframe computers, including but not limited to the instruction set architecture.
See SPARC and IBM System/360 architecture
IEEE 754
The IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is a technical standard for floating-point arithmetic established in 1985 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Illumos
Illumos (stylized as illumos) is a partly free and open-source Unix operating system.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) professional association for electronics engineering, electrical engineering, and other related disciplines.
See SPARC and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Instruction set architecture
In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or a family of computers.
See SPARC and Instruction set architecture
Intel i960
Intel's i960 (or 80960) was a RISC-based microprocessor design that became popular during the early 1990s as an embedded microcontroller.
Intergraph
Intergraph Corporation was an American software development and services company, which now forms part of Hexagon AB.
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002.
See SPARC and International Computers Limited
Interrupt
In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner.
JavaOS
JavaOS is a discontinued operating system based on a Java virtual machine.
See SPARC and JavaOS
K computer
The K computer named for the Japanese word/numeral, meaning 10 quadrillion (1016)See Japanese numbers was a supercomputer manufactured by Fujitsu, installed at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science campus in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. SPARC and k computer are 64-bit computers.
LEON
LEON (from león meaning lion) is a radiation-tolerant 32-bit central processing unit (CPU) microprocessor core that implements the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems.
See SPARC and LEON
LINPACK
LINPACK is a software library for performing numerical linear algebra on digital computers.
Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
See SPARC and Linux
Lisp (programming language)
Lisp (historically LISP, an abbreviation of "list processing") is a family of programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized prefix notation.
See SPARC and Lisp (programming language)
Load–store architecture
In computer engineering, a load–store architecture (or a register–register architecture) is an instruction set architecture that divides instructions into two categories: memory access (load and store between memory and registers) and ALU operations (which only occur between registers).
See SPARC and Load–store architecture
Load–store unit
In computer engineering, a load–store unit (LSU) is a specialized execution unit responsible for executing all load and store instructions, generating virtual addresses of load and store operations and loading data from memory or storing it back to memory from registers.
LSI Corporation
LSI Logic Corporation, was an American company founded in Santa Clara, California, was a pioneer in the ASIC and EDA industries.
Mainframe computer
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.
See SPARC and Mainframe computer
MB86900
The MB86900 is a microprocessor produced by Fujitsu, which implements the SPARC V7 instruction set architecture developed by Sun Microsystems. SPARC and MB86900 are sun microprocessors.
MCST
MCST (МЦСТ, acronym for Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies) is a Russian microprocessor company that was set up in 1992.
See SPARC and MCST
MCST-R1000
The MCST R1000 (МЦСТ R1000) is a 64-bit microprocessor developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST) and fabricated by TSMC.
MCST-R2000
The MCST R2000, (e90), (МЦСТ R2000) is a 64-bit microprocessor developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST) and fabricated by TSMC.
Meiko Scientific
Meiko Scientific Ltd. was a British supercomputer company based in Bristol, founded by members of the design team working on the Inmos transputer microprocessor.
See SPARC and Meiko Scientific
Memory barrier
In computing, a memory barrier, also known as a membar, memory fence or fence instruction, is a type of barrier instruction that causes a central processing unit (CPU) or compiler to enforce an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after the barrier instruction.
Memory management unit
A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware unit that examines all memory references on the memory bus, translating these requests, known as virtual memory addresses, into physical addresses in main memory.
See SPARC and Memory management unit
Memory paging
In computer operating systems, memory paging (or swapping on some Unix-like systems) is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves data from secondary storage for use in main memory.
Metaflow Technologies
Metaflow Technologies was a La Jolla, California-based microprocessor design company.
See SPARC and Metaflow Technologies
MicroSPARC
The microSPARC (code-named Tsunami) is a discontinued microprocessor implementing the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA), developed by Sun Microsystems. SPARC and microSPARC are sun microprocessors.
MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995). SPARC and MIPS architecture are computer-related introductions in 1985.
See SPARC and MIPS architecture
ML (programming language)
ML (Meta Language) is a general-purpose, high-level, functional programming language.
See SPARC and ML (programming language)
Motorola 68000 series
The Motorola 68000 series (also known as 680x0, m68000, m68k, or 68k) is a family of 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessors. SPARC and Motorola 68000 series are 32-bit computers.
See SPARC and Motorola 68000 series
MP4 file format
MPEG-4 Part 14, or MP4, is a digital multimedia container format most commonly used to store video and audio, but it can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images.
National University of Defense Technology
The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) is a national public research university headquartered in Kaifu, Changsha, Hunan, China.
See SPARC and National University of Defense Technology
NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
See SPARC and NetBSD
NeXTSTEP
NeXTSTEP is a discontinued object-oriented, multitasking operating system based on the Mach kernel and the UNIX-derived BSD.
Non-uniform memory access
Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) is a computer memory design used in multiprocessing, where the memory access time depends on the memory location relative to the processor.
See SPARC and Non-uniform memory access
Nvidia
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
See SPARC and Nvidia
Open-source hardware
Open-source hardware (OSH, OSHW) consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open-design movement.
See SPARC and Open-source hardware
Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
See SPARC and Open-source software
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
OpenIndiana
OpenIndiana is a free and open-source illumos distribution descended from UNIX System V Release 4 via the OpenSolaris operating system.
OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris is a discontinued open-source computer operating system based on Solaris and created by Sun Microsystems.
OpenSPARC
OpenSPARC is an open-source hardware project, started in December 2005, for CPUs implementing the SPARC instruction architecture. SPARC and OpenSPARC are sun microprocessors.
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
See SPARC and Operating system
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas.
See SPARC and Oracle Corporation
Oracle Solaris
Solaris is a proprietary Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Logical Domains (LDoms or LDOM) is the server virtualization and partitioning technology for SPARC V9 processors.
See SPARC and Oracle VM Server for SPARC
OSNews
OSNews is a computing online newspaper.
See SPARC and OSNews
Panasonic
is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.
Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher.
PRIMEHPC FX10
The PRIMEHPC FX10 is a supercomputer designed and manufactured by Fujitsu.
Processor register
A processor register is a quickly accessible location available to a computer's processor.
See SPARC and Processor register
Program counter
The program counter (PC), commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the instruction address register (IAR), the instruction counter, or just part of the instruction sequencer, is a processor register that indicates where a computer is in its program sequence.
Quadruple-precision floating-point format
In computing, quadruple precision (or quad precision) is a binary floating-point–based computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) with precision at least twice the 53-bit double precision.
See SPARC and Quadruple-precision floating-point format
Radiation hardening
Radiation hardening is the process of making electronic components and circuits resistant to damage or malfunction caused by high levels of ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high-energy electromagnetic radiation), especially for environments in outer space (especially beyond low Earth orbit), around nuclear reactors and particle accelerators, or during nuclear accidents or nuclear warfare.
See SPARC and Radiation hardening
Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks.
See SPARC and Reduced instruction set computer
Register file
A register file is an array of processor registers in a central processing unit (CPU).
Register window
In computer engineering, register windows are a feature which dedicates registers to a subroutine by dynamically aliasing a subset of internal registers to fixed, programmer-visible registers.
Rock (processor)
Rock (or ROCK) was a multithreading, multicore, SPARC microprocessor under development at Sun Microsystems. SPARC and Rock (processor) are sun microprocessors.
See SPARC and Rock (processor)
Ross Technology
Ross Technology, Inc. was a semiconductor design and manufacturing company, specializing in SPARC microprocessors.
RTEMS
Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS), formerly Real-Time Executive for Missile Systems, and then Real-Time Executive for Military Systems, is a real-time operating system (RTOS) designed for embedded systems.
See SPARC and RTEMS
Runtime system
In computer programming, a runtime system or runtime environment is a sub-system that exists both in the computer where a program is created, as well as in the computers where the program is intended to be run.
S1 Core
S1 Core (codename Sirocco) is an open source hardware microprocessor design developed by Simply RISC.
Server (computing)
A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network.
See SPARC and Server (computing)
Single-precision floating-point format
Single-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP32 or float32) is a computer number format, usually occupying 32 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point.
See SPARC and Single-precision floating-point format
Solbourne Computer
Solbourne Computer, Inc. was originally a vendor of computer systems based in Longmont, Colorado, United States, at first 52% owned by Matsushita.
See SPARC and Solbourne Computer
Source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.
SPARC T series
The SPARC T-series family of RISC processors and server computers, based on the SPARC V9 architecture, was originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and later by Oracle Corporation after its acquisition of Sun.
SPARC T3
The SPARC T3 microprocessor (previously known as UltraSPARC T3, codenamed Rainbow Falls, and also known as UltraSPARC KT or Niagara-3 during development) is a multithreading, multi-core CPU produced by Oracle Corporation (previously Sun Microsystems). SPARC and SPARC T3 are sun microprocessors.
SPARC T4
The SPARC T4 is a SPARC multicore microprocessor introduced in 2011 by Oracle Corporation.
SPARC T5
SPARC T5 is the fifth generation multicore microprocessor of Oracle's SPARC T series family.
SPARC64 V
The SPARC64 V (Zeus) is a SPARC V9 microprocessor designed by Fujitsu.
Sparcle
The Sparcle is an experimental 32-bit microprocessor chip developed in 1992 by a consortium of MIT, LSI Corporation, and Sun Microsystems.
SPARClite
The discontinued SPARClite RISC processor family was based on the 32-bit SPARC V8 architecture.
Stack (abstract data type)
In computer science, a stack is an abstract data type that serves as a collection of elements with two main operations.
See SPARC and Stack (abstract data type)
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit consortium that establishes and maintains standardized benchmarks and performance evaluation tools for new generations of computing systems.
See SPARC and Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
Status register
A status register, flag register, or condition code register (CCR) is a collection of status flag bits for a processor.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.
See SPARC and Sun Microsystems
Sun-3
Sun-3 is a series of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched on September 9, 1985. SPARC and Sun-3 are 32-bit computers and computer-related introductions in 1985.
See SPARC and Sun-3
Sun-4
Sun-4 is a series of Unix workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1987. SPARC and Sun-4 are 32-bit computers.
See SPARC and Sun-4
SunOS
SunOS is a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems.
See SPARC and SunOS
SuperSPARC
The SuperSPARC is a microprocessor that implements the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems. SPARC and SuperSPARC are sun microprocessors.
Symmetric multiprocessing
Symmetric multiprocessing or shared-memory multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all input and output devices, and are controlled by a single operating system instance that treats all processors equally, reserving none for special purposes.
See SPARC and Symmetric multiprocessing
SystemVerilog
SystemVerilog, standardized as IEEE 1800, is a hardware description and hardware verification language used to model, design, simulate, test and implement electronic systems.
Tagged architecture
In computer science, a tagged architecture is a type of computer architecture where every word of memory constitutes a tagged union, being divided into a number of bits of data, and a tag section that describes the type of the data: how it is to be interpreted, and, if it is a reference, the type of the object that it points to.
See SPARC and Tagged architecture
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
See SPARC and Texas Instruments
The Inquirer
The Inquirer (stylized as TheINQUIRER) was a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from The Register (of which he was one of the founding members) in 2001.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
See SPARC and The New York Times
The Register
The Register is a British technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.
Tianhe-2
Tianhe-2 or TH-2 (i.e. 'Milky Way 2') is a 3.86-petaflop supercomputer located in the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou, China. SPARC and Tianhe-2 are 64-bit computers.
TOP500
The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world.
See SPARC and TOP500
TurboSPARC
The TurboSPARC is a microprocessor that implements the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc.
UltraSPARC
The UltraSPARC is a microprocessor developed by Sun Microsystems and fabricated by Texas Instruments, introduced in mid-1995. SPARC and UltraSPARC are sun microprocessors.
UltraSPARC II
The UltraSPARC II, code-named "Blackbird", is a microprocessor implementation of the SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems. SPARC and UltraSPARC II are sun microprocessors.
UltraSPARC III
The UltraSPARC III, code-named "Cheetah", is a microprocessor that implements the SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Sun Microsystems and fabricated by Texas Instruments. SPARC and UltraSPARC III are sun microprocessors.
UltraSPARC IV
The UltraSPARC IV Jaguar and follow-up UltraSPARC IV+ Panther are microprocessors designed by Sun Microsystems and manufactured by Texas Instruments. SPARC and UltraSPARC IV are sun microprocessors.
UltraSPARC T1
Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor, known until its 14 November 2005 announcement by its development codename "Niagara", is a multithreading, multicore CPU. SPARC and UltraSPARC T1 are sun microprocessors.
UltraSPARC T2
Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a multithreading, multi-core CPU. SPARC and UltraSPARC T2 are sun microprocessors.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.
See SPARC and University of California, Berkeley
Verilog
Verilog, standardized as IEEE 1364, is a hardware description language (HDL) used to model electronic systems.
VHDL
VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) is a hardware description language that can model the behavior and structure of digital systems at multiple levels of abstraction, ranging from the system level down to that of logic gates, for design entry, documentation, and verification purposes.
See SPARC and VHDL
Visual Instruction Set
Visual Instruction Set, or VIS, is a SIMD instruction set extension for SPARC V9 microprocessors developed by Sun Microsystems. SPARC and Visual Instruction Set are SPARC microprocessor architecture.
See SPARC and Visual Instruction Set
Weitek
Weitek Corporation was an American chip-design company that originally focused on floating-point units for a number of commercial CPU designs.
See SPARC and Weitek
Windows NT
Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, the first version of which, Windows NT 3.1, was released on July 27, 1993.
Workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
X86
x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088.
See SPARC and X86
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
See SPARC and ZDNET
32-bit computing
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units.
See SPARC and 32-bit computing
64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide. SPARC and 64-bit computing are 64-bit computers.
See SPARC and 64-bit computing
See also
SPARC microprocessor architecture
Sun microprocessors
- MAJC
- MB86900
- MicroSPARC
- OpenSPARC
- Rock (processor)
- SPARC
- SPARC T3
- SuperSPARC
- UltraSPARC
- UltraSPARC II
- UltraSPARC III
- UltraSPARC IV
- UltraSPARC T1
- UltraSPARC T2
References
Also known as SPARC International, SPARC V7, SPARC V8, SPARC V8E, SPARC V9, SPARC processor architecture, SPARCv9, Scalable Processor ARChitecture, Silicon secured memory, Sparc 32, Sun SPARC.