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SPARC

SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems. Its design was strongly influenced by the experimental Berkeley RISC system developed in the early 1980s. First developed in 1986 and released in 1987, SPARC was one of the most successful early…

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Bits
64-bit (32 → 64)
Branching
Condition code
Design
RISC
Designer
Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle Corporation)
Encoding
Fixed
Endianness
Bi (Big → Bi)

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SPARC

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Edges136
Triples218
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014599
Components1

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SPARC

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related to External links · 27
SPARC → David Ditzel, FOSS Open Hardware Documentation, Fujitsu SPARC RoadmapSPARC, Inc, IXfx Extensions, MBus Modules, OpenSPARC, Oracle SPARC, Oracle SPARC Processor Documentation, Rough Guide, Solaris Public Roadmap, SPARC International, SPARC Technical DocumentsOpenSPARC Architecture, SPARC Version, SPARC64, Specification, Sun, Sun4v Reference MaterialsFujitsu SPARC64, SuperSPARC, UltraSPARC Processors Documentation
related to Open source implementations · 24
SPARC → Binary, CPU, GPL, It, LEON, Level, Like, Most OpenSPARC T1, Most OpenSPARC T2, OpenSPARC T1, OpenSPARC T2, S1, Several, SMT, Software License Agreement, Source, SPARC V8, SPARC Version, T1, UltraSPARC Architecture
related to SPARC architecture licensees · 24
SPARC → Afara WebsystemsBipolar Integrated Technology, BIT, CPUs, Cypress Semiconductor, Cypress SemiconductorEuropean Space Research, ESTEC, February, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Gaisler ResearchHAL Computer SystemsHyundaiLSI, Intel, LogicMatra Harris Semiconductors, Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co, Meiko ScientificMetaflow TechnologiesPhilips ElectronicsPrismaRoss, MHS, Processes Engineering Corporation, SPARC CPUs, SPEC, Technology Center, TechnologySolbourne ComputerSystems
related to Supercomputers · 24
SPARC → Arithmetic Computational Extensions, Computer, For HPC, Fujitsu, Fujitsu's, FX100, Green500, Green500 June, High Performance Computing, HPC-ACE, In, It, IXfx, MFLOPS/W, Newer HPC, No, November, PRIMEHPC FX10, SPARC64, SPARC64 VIIIfx CPUs
related to Description · 20
SPARC → By, CC-NUMA, CISC, Fujitsu, Later, Motorola, RISC, SMP, Solbourne, SPARC V7, SPARC V8, SPARC V9, Sun, Sun Microsystems, Sun's Sun-4, Sun's UltraSPARC, Sun-3, SuperSPARC, The, Workstation
related to Registers · 18
SPARC → At, Current Window Pointer, CWP, CWP's, For SPARC V9, In SPARC V7, PSR, RESTORE, RETT, SAVE, SPARC V7, SPARC V8, The, The SPARC, This, Trap, V8, V8 CWP
related to Features · 17
SPARC → According, Another, At, Berkeley, Berkeley RISC, California, Each, IBM, II, MIPS, Oracle SPARC Architecture, RISC, The, The SPARC, These, This, University
related to Operating system support · 14
SPARC → FreeBSD, In, Intergraph, JavaOS, Linux, NetBSD, NeXTSTEP, OpenBSD, OpenIndiana, OpenSolaris, RTEMS, Solaris, Sun's SunOS, Windows NT
see also · 12
SPARC → Chinese, ERC32, FT-1500, Inc, MIT Alewife, OpenSPARC-based, R1000, Russian, SPARC V7, SPARC V8, SPARC V9, Technology
related to history · 8
SPARC → IEEE, IEEE Standard, SPARC V8, SuperSPARC, The, There, V7, V8

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architecture register instructions registers instruction 32-bit 64-bit also set fujitsu risc sun used processor first released one specification bits version

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SPARCBits64-bit (32 → 64)1.00infobox
SPARCBranchingCondition code1.00infobox
SPARCDesignRISC1.00infobox
SPARCDesignerSun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle Corporation)1.00infobox
SPARCEncodingFixed1.00infobox
SPARCEndiannessBi (Big → Bi)1.00infobox
SPARCExtensionsVIS 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.01.00infobox
SPARCFloating-point32 (usable as 32 single-precision, 32 double-precision, or 16 quad-precision)1.00infobox
SPARCGeneral-purpose31 (G0 = 0; non-global registers use register windows)1.00infobox
SPARCIntroduced1986; 40 years ago (1986) (production) 1987; 39 years ago (1987) (shipments)1.00infobox
SPARCOpenYes, and royalty free1.00infobox
SPARCPage size8 KB (4 KB → 8 KB)1.00infobox
SPARCTypeLoad–store1.00infobox
SPARCVersionV9 (1993) / OSA20171.00infobox

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