SPARC

Realizes: UltraSPARC/enterprise compute

SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) is a VLSI RISC architecture from Sun Microsystems/Oracle featuring register windows that keep deep call stacks performant and powering Sun and Oracle workstations and enterprise servers.

Examples

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Sun SPARCstation 1

The 1989 SPARCstation 1 paired a 40 MHz SPARC CPU with SunOS, graphics framebuffer, and fast memory to deliver interactive UNIX/ X11 development and visualization workloads on the SPARC ISA.

[UNIX-workstation,graphical-development] interactive workstation J

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Sun Enterprise/Ultra 1

Sun Enterprise/Ultra 1 served as a flagship UltraSPARC workstation/server for Solaris-based enterprise compute.

{'register_windows': '32', 'operations': ['register window flush', 'integer add', 'load', 'store']} enterprise rack scale N/A