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    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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    new-from-the-ground-up SPARC microprocessor implementation that conforms to the UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 specification and executes the full SPARC V9 instruction...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • fourth generation of UltraSPARC microprocessors, and implement the 64-bit SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA). The UltraSPARC IV was originally to...
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  • the name of the UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus based Sun SPARC Enterprise T5**0 servers. In September 2010, Oracle announced a range of SPARC T3 processor based...
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  • The SPARC T3 microprocessor (previously known as UltraSPARC T3, codenamed Rainbow Falls, and also known as UltraSPARC KT or Niagara-3 during development)...
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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 SPARC Enterprise M8000 holds the 64-thread world performance records on the SPEC OMP2001 benchmark, both for medium and for large The UltraSPARC T1-based...
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    company introduced Sun Ultra series machines that were equipped with the first 64-bit implementation of SPARC processors (UltraSPARC). In the late 1990s...
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  • made the UltraSPARC T2 processor's RTL available via the OpenSPARC project. It was also released under the GNU General public license v2. OpenSPARC T2 is...
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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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    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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  • and newer Oracle VM Server for SPARC product version 2.0 and later. These include: UltraSPARC T1-based: Sun / Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise T1000 and T2000 servers...
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    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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  • 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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  • 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 Fire 15K (category SPARC microprocessor products)
    by the Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server. The E25K supports up to 72 dual-core UltraSPARC IV+ processors (up to 1.95 GHz). As with UltraSPARC IV-based 15K...
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    especially on SPARC systems, and for originating many innovative features such as DTrace, ZFS and Time Slider. Solaris supports SPARC and x86-64 workstations...
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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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    Sun Microsystems SPARC in 1996 with Miguel de Icaza. He has also ported Linux to the 64-bit UltraSPARC machines, including UltraSPARC T1 in early 2006...
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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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  • Intel's Montecito processor uses coarse-grained multithreading, while Sun's UltraSPARC T1 uses fine-grained multithreading. For those processors that have only...
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    The Ultra 1 is a family of Sun Microsystems workstations based on the 64-bit UltraSPARC microprocessor. It was the first model in the Ultra series of...
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  • and Christian. A "hyperprivileged" mode for the UltraSPARC architecture was specified in UltraSPARC Architecture 2005.' It defines a sun4v platform which...
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    processor. UltraSPARC T3, a sixteen-core, 128-concurrent-thread processor. SPARC T4, an eight-core, 64-concurrent-thread processor. SPARC T5, a sixteen-core...
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    The Ultra 5 (code-named Otter) and Ultra 10 (code-named Sea Lion) are 64-bit Sun Microsystems workstations based on the UltraSPARC IIi microprocessor available...
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  • Visual Instruction Set (category SPARC microprocessor architecture)
    III. All subsequent UltraSPARC and SPARC64 microprocessors implement the instruction set. VIS 3 was first implemented in the SPARC T4 microprocessor. VIS...
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