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SPARC is [[Sun Microsystem]]'s 32-bit RISC processor, an enhanced SPARC (32b), not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, UltraSPARC.  It was manufactured by several companies including  Atmel, Bipolar Integrated Technology, Cypress Semiconductor, Fujitsu, Matsushita and Texas Instruments., etc. SPARC is fully open, non-proprietary and royalty-free
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'''SPARC''' is [[Sun Microsystems]]' 32-bit [[Reduced Instruction Set Computer|RISC]] [[Central Processing Unit|processor]], an enhanced SPARC (32b), not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, [[UltraSPARC]].  It was manufactured by several companies including  Atmel, Bipolar Integrated Technology, Cypress Semiconductor, Fujitsu, Matsushita and [[Texas Instruments]], etc. SPARC is fully [[open source|open]], non-proprietary and royalty-free.
  
 
It was used in a variety of Sun systems, from speeds of 14.28Mhz to 200 MGhz.
 
It was used in a variety of Sun systems, from speeds of 14.28Mhz to 200 MGhz.
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== Sun-4 machines ==
 
== Sun-4 machines ==
  
The Sun-4s were SPARC-based computers using the Sun-3's general VMEbus approach.
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The [[Sun-4]]s were SPARC-based computers using the [[Sun-3]]'s general [[VMEbus]] approach.
  
 
== SPARCstations ==
 
== SPARCstations ==
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* [[SPARCstation 4]]
 
* [[SPARCstation 4]]
 
* [[SPARC Xterminal 1]]
 
* [[SPARC Xterminal 1]]
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== SPARC Integrated and laptops ==
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* [[SPARCstation SLC]]
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* [[SPARCstation ELC]]
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* [[SPARCstation Voyager]]
  
 
== SPARCservers ==
 
== SPARCservers ==
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* [[SPARCserver 2000/2000E]]
 
* [[SPARCserver 2000/2000E]]
 
* [[Cray Superserver CS6400]]
 
* [[Cray Superserver CS6400]]
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=== References and more information ===
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[http://www.clock.org/~fair/computers/suns.html Table of some Sun Micro systems computer models.]
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[[Category: Microprocessors]]
 
[[Category: Microprocessors]]

Revision as of 15:36, 17 August 2019

SPARC is Sun Microsystems' 32-bit RISC processor, an enhanced SPARC (32b), not to be confused with its more modern 64-bit descendant, UltraSPARC. It was manufactured by several companies including Atmel, Bipolar Integrated Technology, Cypress Semiconductor, Fujitsu, Matsushita and Texas Instruments, etc. SPARC is fully open, non-proprietary and royalty-free.

It was used in a variety of Sun systems, from speeds of 14.28Mhz to 200 MGhz.

Sun-4 machines

The Sun-4s were SPARC-based computers using the Sun-3's general VMEbus approach.

SPARCstations

SPARC Integrated and laptops

SPARCservers

References and more information

Table of some Sun Micro systems computer models.